Charles Green
Astronomer and Royal Navy officer
Charles Green was a British astronomer and Royal Navy officer who is best known for his role in the first scientific expedition to observe the transit of Venus in 1769. Born in 1734 in Wentworth, South Yorkshire, Green was a talented astronomer who was appointed as the Royal Navy's first official astronomer in 1765. He traveled with Captain James Cook on the HMS Endeavour, where he made significant contributions to o...
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