Who is John Flamsteed from Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time and what is their importance?

British Royal Astronomer, John Flamsteed, was a world-famous star chart maker. He spent decades charting the stars to aid seafarers, but when Halley and Newton decided to seize Flamsteed's maps for themselves, Flamsteed burned them all.