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Astronomer Royal
1675–1719  John Flamsteed
1720–1742  Edmond Halley
1742–1762  James Bradley
1762–1764  Nathaniel Bliss
1765–1811  Nevil Maskelyne
1811–1835  John Pond
1835–1881  Sir George Biddell Airy
1881–1910  Sir William Christie
1910–1933  Sir Frank Dyson
1933–1955  Sir Harold Spencer Jones
1956–1971  Sir Richard van Reit Woolley
1972–1982  Sir Martin Ryle
1982–1990  Sir Francis Graham-Smith
1991–1995  Sir Arnold Wolfendale
1995– Martin Rees