Royal Astronomer Nevil Maskelyne

Target entity: Royal Astronomer Nevil Maskelyne
Context triple: [Jeremiah Dixon, employer, Royal Astronomer Nevil Maskelyne]

• A. John Horrocks (astronomer)
  John Horrocks was a 17th-century English astronomer and mathematician noted for his early observation of a transit of Venus and his contributions to improving astronomical measurements.
• B. John Flamsteed
  John Flamsteed was a 17th–18th century English astronomer best known as the first Astronomer Royal and for his foundational star cataloguing work.
• C. Norman Robert Pogson
  Norman Robert Pogson was a 19th-century English astronomer best known for defining the modern stellar magnitude scale and for his extensive observations and discoveries of asteroids and variable stars.
• D. Edmund Halley
  Edmund Halley was an English astronomer and mathematician best known for calculating the orbit of the periodic comet that now bears his name, Halley’s Comet.
• E. Sir George Airy
  Sir George Airy was a 19th-century British astronomer and Astronomer Royal renowned for his influential work in celestial mechanics, geodesy, and timekeeping.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Royal Astronomer Nevil Maskelyne
Target entity description: Nevil Maskelyne was an 18th-century British Astronomer Royal renowned for improving navigation at sea through his work on lunar distance methods and the publication of the Nautical Almanac.

• A. John Horrocks (astronomer)
  John Horrocks was a 17th-century English astronomer and mathematician noted for his early observation of a transit of Venus and his contributions to improving astronomical measurements.
• B. John Flamsteed
  John Flamsteed was a 17th–18th century English astronomer best known as the first Astronomer Royal and for his foundational star cataloguing work.
• C. Norman Robert Pogson
  Norman Robert Pogson was a 19th-century English astronomer best known for defining the modern stellar magnitude scale and for his extensive observations and discoveries of asteroids and variable stars.
• D. Edmund Halley
  Edmund Halley was an English astronomer and mathematician best known for calculating the orbit of the periodic comet that now bears his name, Halley’s Comet.
• E. Sir George Airy
  Sir George Airy was a 19th-century British astronomer and Astronomer Royal renowned for his influential work in celestial mechanics, geodesy, and timekeeping.
• F. None of above. chosen