Question

Edmond halley in english​

Answer 1

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Edmond Halley FRS (8 November 1656 – 14 January 1742) was an English astronomer, the second Astronomer Royal. 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.

Known for: Halley's Comet

Died: 14 January 1742 (aged 85); Greenwich, London, England

Born: 8 November 1656; Haggerston, Shoreditch, London, England

Institutions: University of Oxford; Royal Observatory, Greenwich

Answer 2

Explanation:

Edmond 8 November [O.S. 29 October] 1656 – 25 January 1742 [O.S. 14 January 1741]) was an English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist. He was the second Astronomer Royal in Britain, succeeding John Flamsteed in 1720.[5]

Edmond Halley

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Portrait by Richard Phillips, before 1722

Born

8 November [O.S. 29 October] 1656

Haggerston, Middlesex, England

Died

25 January 1742 [O.S. 14 January 1741] (aged 85)

Greenwich, Kent, England

Resting place

St. Margaret's, Lee, South London

Nationality

English

Alma mater

The Queen's College, Oxford

Spouse(s)

Mary Tooke

Children

Edmond Halley (d. 1741)

Margaret (d. 1713)

Richelle (d. 1748)

Scientific career

Fields

Astronomy, geophysics, mathematics, meteorology, physics, cartography

Institutions

University of Oxford

Royal Observatory, Greenwich