William Crabtree

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British astronomer

United Kingdom ScientistsLived 1610 to 1644 · aged 34

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William Crabtree was an English astronomer, mathematician, and merchant from Broughton, then in the Hundred of Salford, Lancashire, England. He was one of only two people to observe and record the first predicted transit of Venus in 1639.

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Broughton Spout by James Bourne (1773-1854) Crabtree's house is on the left of the painting.

Plaque commemorating Crabtree's observation of the Transit of Venus

The house thought to be Crabtree's home at the time of the observation of the transit

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