Edmund Halley

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Fellow of the Royal Society astronomer geophysicist human mathematician meteorologist physicist

Edmund Halley was an English astronomer and mathematician best known for calculating the orbit of the periodic comet that now bears his name, Halley’s Comet.

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instanceOf Fellow of the Royal Society ⓘ
astronomer ⓘ
geophysicist ⓘ
human ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
meteorologist ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
ageAtDeath 85 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1656-11-08 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1742-01-14 ⓘ
educatedAt St Paul's School, London ⓘ
surface form: St Paul’s School, London

The Queen's College, Oxford ⓘ
surface form: The Queen’s College, Oxford
employer Maritime Greenwich ⓘ
surface form: Royal Observatory, Greenwich
endTimeOfPositionAstronomerRoyal 1742 ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
familyName Halley ⓘ
fieldOfWork astronomy ⓘ
geophysics ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
meteorology ⓘ
navigation ⓘ
givenName Edmund ⓘ
knownFor Halley’s eclipse map of 1715 ⓘ
Halley’s method for solving equations ⓘ
Halley’s star catalogue of the southern sky ⓘ
computing the orbit of Halley’s Comet ⓘ
early life table in demography ⓘ
magnetic charts of the Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
predicting the periodicity of Halley’s Comet ⓘ
work on stellar proper motions ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf Royal Society ⓘ
name Edmund Halley self-link ⓘ
patronOf Isaac Newton ⓘ
placeOfBirth Haggerston ⓘ
near London ⓘ
placeOfDeath Greenwich ⓘ
positionHeld Astronomer Royal ⓘ
publication An Estimate of the Degrees of the Mortality of Mankind (1693) ⓘ
paper on the orbits of comets (1705) ⓘ
star catalogue of the southern hemisphere (1679–1678 observations) ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Mary Tooke ⓘ
startTimeOfPositionAstronomerRoyal 1720 ⓘ
studied Earth’s magnetic field ⓘ
comets ⓘ
trade winds ⓘ
supervisedPublication Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica ⓘ
surface form: Isaac Newton’s Principia Mathematica
workLocation Greenwich ⓘ
Oxford ⓘ
Saint Helena ⓘ
surface form: St Helena

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The Queen's College, Oxford → alumnus → Edmund Halley ⓘ
Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica → dedicatedTo → Edmund Halley ⓘ
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Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica → editor → Edmund Halley ⓘ
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Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica → fundedBy → Edmund Halley ⓘ
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Edmund Halley → name → Edmund Halley self-link ⓘ
globular star cluster M13 → discoveredBy → Edmund Halley ⓘ
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Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford → hasNotableHolder → Edmund Halley ⓘ
Astronomer Royal → hasTitleHolder → Edmund Halley ⓘ
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Halley Research Station → namedAfter → Edmund Halley ⓘ
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Halley’s method for solving equations → namedAfter → Edmund Halley ⓘ
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Halley’s eclipse map of 1715 → creator → Edmund Halley ⓘ
Halley’s star catalogue of the southern sky → compiler → Edmund Halley ⓘ
Halley’s star catalogue of the southern sky → compiledBy → Edmund Halley ⓘ
Halley’s star catalogue of the southern sky → observationsConductedBy → Edmund Halley ⓘ
Halley’s star catalogue of the southern sky → relatedTo → Edmund Halley ⓘ
star catalogue of the southern hemisphere (1679–1678 observations) → author → Edmund Halley ⓘ
An Estimate of the Degrees of the Mortality of Mankind (1693) → author → Edmund Halley ⓘ
Mary Tooke → spouse → Edmund Halley ⓘ
Mary Tooke → associatedWith → Edmund Halley ⓘ
Great Hercules Cluster → discoveredBy → Edmund Halley ⓘ
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M 13 → discoveredBy → Edmund Halley ⓘ
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NGC 6205 → discoveredBy → Edmund Halley ⓘ
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James Bradley → influencedBy → Edmund Halley ⓘ
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Savilian Chair → hasChairHolder → Edmund Halley ⓘ
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Savilian Professor of Geometry at the University of Oxford → hasNotableHolder → Edmund Halley ⓘ
John Flamsteed → contemporaryOf → Edmund Halley ⓘ
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John Flamsteed → hadConflictWith → Edmund Halley ⓘ
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Halley I → namedAfter → Edmund Halley ⓘ
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Halley II → namedAfter → Edmund Halley ⓘ
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Halley VI → namedAfter → Edmund Halley ⓘ
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Halley VII → namedAfter → Edmund Halley ⓘ
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Halley III → namedAfter → Edmund Halley ⓘ
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Halley IV → namedAfter → Edmund Halley ⓘ
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