Editing John Flamsteed (section)

==Honours==
* Fellow of the [[Royal Society]] (1677)<ref name="FRSList">{{cite web|url=https://royalsociety.org/~/media/royal_society_content/about-us/fellowship/fellows1660-2007.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://royalsociety.org/~/media/royal_society_content/about-us/fellowship/fellows1660-2007.pdf |archive-date=9 October 2022 |url-status=live|title=List of Fellows of the Royal Society 1660 – 2007|date=July 2007|publisher=The Royal Society|access-date=3 March 2018}}</ref>
* The Flamsteed Astronomy Society is named in his honour, and is based at The Royal Observatory Greenwich.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flamsteed.info/about|title=About Us|date=24 January 2012|publisher=Flamsteed Astronomical Society|access-date=3 March 2018}}</ref>
* The crater [[Flamsteed (crater)|Flamsteed]] on the [[Moon]] is named after him.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/1974|title=Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Flamsteed on Moon|work=Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature|publisher=International Astronomical Union|access-date=3 March 2018}}</ref>
* The asteroid [[4987 Flamsteed]] is named in his honour.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?utf8=%E2%9C%93&object_id=4987|title=IAU Minor Planet Center (4987) Flamsteed = 1980 FH12 = 1983 BV = 1990 D|work=[[Minor Planet Center]]|publisher=International Astronomical Union|access-date=3 March 2018}}</ref>
* He is commemorated in several Derbyshire schools.<ref name="BBCDerbyPeople">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/derby/content/articles/2008/08/27/john_flamsteed_profile_2008_feature.shtml|title=BBC – Derby – People – John Flamsteed: Astro Genius|date=27 November 2014|work=[[BBC Online]]|publisher=BBC|access-date=3 March 2018}}</ref> The science block at [[John Port Spencer Academy]] is named Flamsteed, [[John Flamsteed Community School]] in [[Denby]] carries his name.<ref name = "BBCDerbyPeople"/> Flamsteed House at the [[Ecclesbourne School]] in [[Duffield, Derbyshire|Duffield]] is also named after him.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ecclesbourne.derbyshire.sch.uk/Flamsteed|title=Flamsteed|publisher=Ecclesbourne School|access-date=3 March 2018}}</ref>
* [[Derby City Council]] erected a [[Blue Plaque]] in his honour at the Queen Street former Clock Works in Derby, which also honours [[Joseph Wright of Derby]] who lived in the house formerly owned by Flamsteed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://derbyblueplaques.co.uk/john-flamsteed/|title=John Flamsteed – Derby Blue Plaques|work=Derby Blue Plaques|access-date=3 March 2018}}</ref>