Edmond Halley
1656 - 1742
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Edmond Halley was an English astronomer who calculated the orbit of the comet now called Halley's comet. He was a supporter of Newton.
Mathematicians born in the same country
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| Honours awarded to Edmond Halley (Click below for those honoured in this way) | |
| Fellow of the Royal Society | 1678 |
| Savilian Geometry Professor | 1704 |
| Lunar features | Crater Halley |
| Biography in Aubrey's Brief Lives | |
| Planetary features | Crater Halley on Mars |
| Popular biographies list | Number 50 |
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- Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Astroseti (A Spanish translation of this biography)
- NNDB
- R J Wilson (A Gresham lecture - also available as a Video version)
- The Galileo Project
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