Edmond Halley
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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Background
- Born in
- Haggerston
- Educated at
- St Paul's SchoolUniversity of Oxford
- Awards
- 🏆 Fellow of the Royal Society
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 Robert Hooke🎓 John Flamsteed
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1656
Born
Birth1742
Died
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