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Edmund Halley
1656 – 1742
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryEdmond Halley was an English astronomer, mathematician and physicist. He was the second Astronomer Royal in Britain, succeeding John Flamsteed in 1720.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
November 8, 1656
Haggerston
Date of death
January 14, 1742
Greenwich
Citizenship
Kingdom of England · Kingdom of Great Britain
Occupations & fields
mathematiciangeophysicistastronomermeteorologistcartographerphilosopher
Awards & honours
Fellow of the Royal Society
Notable works
Astronomiae cometicae synopsisHalley's method
- Field and occupation
- anglický astronóm, matematik, geofyzik, meteorológ a fyzik
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