Edmond Halley
English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edmond Halley FRS (8 November 1656 – 25 January 1742) was an English astronomer, the second Astronomer Royal.[1]
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Edmond Halley | |
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Born | (1656-11-08)8 November 1656 Haggerston, Middlesex, England |
Died | 25 January 1742(1742-01-25) (aged 85) Greenwich, Kent, England |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | University of Oxford |
Known for | Halley's Comet |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Astronomy, mathematics, meteorology, physics |
Institutions | University of Oxford Royal Observatory, Greenwich |
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He was also a mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist. Halley is best known for computing the orbit of the comet named after him: Halley's Comet.