The old observing-room, Greenwich Product:Postcard Christmas party at Surrey Nurseries

Christmas party at Surrey Nurseries

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King of England from 1100

The old observing-room, Greenwich Product:Postcard Christmas party at Surrey NurseriesThe old observing room, Greenwich, late 17th century (1893). The Royal Observatory at Greenwich was founded in 1675 by King Charles II, with John Flamsteed appointed as the first Astronomer Royal. The building, with its octagonal observing room, was designed by Sir Christopher Wren. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume III, Macmillan and Co, London, New York, 1893.