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Joseph Crosthwait was chief assistant[1] to John Flamsteed, the first Astronomer Royal.

Joseph Crosthwait
Born	1681[1] England[1]
Nationality	English
Scientific career
Fields	Astronomy
Institutions	The Royal Observatory, Greenwich[1]

Originally from Cumberland, Crosthwait came to the Observatory in 1708 and remained there until Flamsteed's death in 1719.[2] Along with Flamsteed's widow, Margaret,[3] and Abraham Sharp, he finalised publication of Flamsteed's Historia Coelestis Britannica and Atlas Coelestis.[1]

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