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Edmond Halley
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English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist (1656–1742)
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Edmond Halley was an author born in 1656 and died in 1742. His written works include *Tabulae astronomicae*, *Auicēne perhypatetici philosophi*, *Apollonii Pergæi de sectione rationis libri duo*, *Astronomiae cometicae synopsis*, and *Longitude to be found out with a new invented instrument, both by sea and land*. He is recognized in the Royal Society collection.
Halley’s writings have been referenced by 762 other encyclopedia articles. A quote attributed to him is "A General Table for Calculating the Motions of Comets in a Parabolical Orbit." While Open Library lists 37 works for him, Crossref records five. MusicBrainz identifies a group named Edmond Halley from the United States, with three listeners and four plays on Last.fm.
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Edmond
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Place of birth
- Haggerston
- Place of death
- Greenwich
- Occupation
- climatologist
- Position held
- Savilian Professor of Geometry
- Educated at
- University of Oxford
- Employer
- University of Oxford
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- deism
- Notable work
- Halley's method
- Doctoral advisor
- Robert Hooke
- Student of
- Robert Hooke
- Field of work
- astronomer
- Image
- Edmond Halley Royal Greenwich Observatory Museum.jpg
- Work location
- Saint Helena
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- date of birth
- 1656-11-08
- member of
- Royal Society
- Commons category
- Edmond Halley
- date of death
- 1742-01-25
- name in native language
- Edmond Halley
- ethnic group
- English people
- writing language
- English language
- student
- James Pound
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- P8168
- Evorthodus
- has works in the collection
- Het Scheepvaartmuseum
- Commons Creator page
- Edmond Halley
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Encyclopedic overview
Portrait of Halley by Richard Phillips
Edmond (or Edmund) Halley FRS (/ˈhæli/; 8 November [O.S. 29 October] 1656 – 25 January 1742 [O.S. 14 January 1741]) was an English astronomer, mathematician and physicist. He was the second Astronomer Royal in Britain, succeeding John Flamsteed in 1720.
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