Edmund Halley

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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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Generate an image of Edmund Halley (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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Edmond Halley 31
Edmund Halley canonical 20
Edmond Halley (periodicity) 1

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Statements (52)

Predicate Object
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 ⓘ
The Queen’s College, Oxford ⓘ
employer Royal Observatory, Greenwich ⓘ
linked to: Maritime 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 ⓘ
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 Isaac Newton’s Principia Mathematica ⓘ
workLocation Greenwich ⓘ
Oxford ⓘ
St Helena ⓘ
linked to: Saint Helena

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Referenced by (52)

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The Queen's College, Oxford → alumnus → Edmund Halley ⓘ
Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica → dedicatedTo → Edmond Halley ⓘ
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Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica → editor → Edmond Halley ⓘ
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Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica → fundedBy → Edmond Halley ⓘ
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Edmund Halley → name → Edmund Halley ⓘ
M13 → discoveredBy → Edmond Halley ⓘ
subject linked to: globular star cluster M13
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Astronomer Royal → hasTitleHolder → Edmond Halley ⓘ
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Halley Research Station → namedAfter → Edmond Halley ⓘ
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Halley → usedBy → Edmund Halley ⓘ
Halley → hasNotableBearer → Edmund Halley ⓘ
Halley’s method for solving equations → namedAfter → Edmond Halley ⓘ
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Mary Tooke → spouse → Edmund Halley ⓘ
Mary Tooke → associatedWith → Edmund Halley ⓘ
Great Hercules Cluster → discoveredBy → Edmond Halley ⓘ
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M 13 → discoveredBy → Edmond Halley ⓘ
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NGC 6205 → discoveredBy → Edmond Halley ⓘ
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James Bradley → influencedBy → Edmond Halley ⓘ
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Savilian Chair of Astronomy → hasChairHolder → Edmund Halley ⓘ
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Savilian Chair of Astronomy → hasNotableHolder → Edmund Halley ⓘ
subject linked to: Savilian Chair
John Flamsteed → contemporaryOf → Edmond Halley ⓘ
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John Flamsteed → hadConflictWith → Edmond Halley ⓘ
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Francis Baily → influencedBy → Edmond Halley ⓘ
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Halley I → namedAfter → Edmond Halley ⓘ
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Halley II → namedAfter → Edmond Halley ⓘ
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Halley V → namedAfter → Edmond Halley ⓘ
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Halley VI → namedAfter → Edmond Halley ⓘ
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Halley VII → namedAfter → Edmond Halley ⓘ
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Halley III → namedAfter → Edmond Halley ⓘ
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Halley IV → namedAfter → Edmond Halley ⓘ
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John Graunt → influenced → Edmond Halley ⓘ
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Halley’s Comet of 1066 → identifiedBy → Edmond Halley ⓘ
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Johannes Hevelius → receivedCommunicationFrom → Edmond Halley ⓘ
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Hercules Globular Cluster → discoveredBy → Edmond Halley ⓘ
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Gresham College → hasNotableProfessor → Edmund Halley ⓘ
Pierre Perrault → influenced → Edmund Halley ⓘ
Halley’s Comet → namedAfter → Edmond Halley ⓘ
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Halley’s Comet → discoverer → Edmond Halley (periodicity) ⓘ
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Halley (lunar crater) → namedAfter → Edmond Halley ⓘ
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Halley (lunar crater) → hasEponym → Edmond Halley ⓘ
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Old Abingdonians → hasNotableMember → Edmund Halley ⓘ
Messier 13 → discoveredBy → Edmond Halley ⓘ
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