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Greenwich Royal Observatory, Greenwich Park, London. The observatory was built by Christopher Wren (1632-1723) on the orders of Charles II with the aim of providing accurate navigation tables and of solving the problem of finding longitude at sea. The building is named after John Flamsteed (1646-1719), the first Astronomer Royal.
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17th century
Astronomy
Brick
Britain
British
building
BUILDINGS
CHARLES II
CHRISTOPHER
CHRISTOPHER WREN
Clock
country
England
English
Flamsteed
Flamsteed House
GREENWICH
Greenwich Observatory
Greenwich Park
JOHN
John Flamsteed
King Charles II
King of Great Britain and Ireland
LOCATION
London
LONGITUDE
Navigation
Observatory
Park
PETER
Peter Thompson
PTM
RED BRICK
Royal Observatory
Science
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
Sir Christopher
Sir Christopher Wren
Spectrum1
TGN
Thompson
wren
WREN, CHRISTOPHER