Edmond Halley
English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist (1656–1742)
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English astronomer who calculated the orbit of the comet now bearing his name and served as Britain's second Astronomer Royal starting in 1720.
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Edmond Halley was an English astronomer, mathematician and physicist. He was the second Astronomer Royal in Britain, succeeding John Flamsteed in 1720.
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