▁Doctor ▁of ▁Div inity ▁in ▁ 1 7 2 8 , ▁and ▁Master ▁of ▁P embro ke ▁in ▁ 1 7 3 3 . ▁From ▁ 1 7 5 0 ▁until ▁ 1 7 7 0 ▁he ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁holder ▁of ▁the ▁Low nde an ▁Professor ship ▁of ▁Astronom y . ▁ ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁great ▁characters ▁of ▁eigh teenth - century ▁Cambridge , ▁he ▁built ▁a ▁" water - work " ▁in ▁his ▁garden ▁and ▁p add led ▁round ▁it ▁on ▁a ▁water - cycle . ▁He ▁also ▁constructed ▁a ▁" z odia ck ", ▁now ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁first ▁planet arium , ▁a ▁h ollow ▁sphere ▁that ▁could ▁hold ▁thirty ▁people ▁showing ▁the ▁movements ▁of ▁the ▁plan ets ▁and ▁const ell ations ▁which ▁remained ▁in ▁the ▁grounds ▁of ▁P embro ke ▁until ▁ 1 8 7 1 . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : 1 6 8 0 ▁birth s ▁Category : 1 7 7 0 ▁death s ▁Category : Pe ople ▁from ▁Bre ck land ▁District ▁Category : English ▁astronom ers ▁Category : Pe ople ▁educated ▁at ▁Nor wich ▁School ▁Category : Al umn i ▁of ▁P embro ke ▁College , ▁Cambridge ▁Category : Master s ▁of ▁P embro ke ▁College , ▁Cambridge ▁Category : F ell ows ▁of ▁the ▁Royal ▁Society ▁Category : L ow nde an ▁Prof ess ors ▁of ▁Astronom y ▁and ▁Ge ometry ▁Category : V ice - Ch an cell ors ▁of ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Cambridge <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁ 2 0 1 7