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Edmond Halley

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Edmond Halley

English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist (1656–1742)

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About Edmond Halley

Edmond Halley was an English astronomer, mathematician and physicist. He was the second Astronomer Royal in Britain, succeeding John Flamsteed in 1720.

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Occupation: mathematician, geophysicist, astronomer, meteorologist
Position held: Astronomer Royal, Savilian Professor of Geometry
Citizenship: Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Great Britain
Born: November 8, 1656, November 8, 1656
Died: January 14, 1742, January 25, 1742

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A Synopsis of the Astronomy of Comets VIII. Some farther thoughts upon the same subject, delivered on the 19th of the same month Astronomiae cometicae synopsis VII. Some cosiderations about the cause of the universal Deluge, laid before the Royal Society, on the 12th of December 1694 Halley's method Royal Observatory Royal Mint University of Oxford Astronomer Royal Savilian Professor of Geometry