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Edmond [2] (or Edmund) [3] Halley FRS (/ ˈ h æ l i /; [4] [5] 8 November [O.S. 29 October] 1656 – 25 January 1742 [O.S. 14 January 1741]) [6] [7] was an English astronomer, mathematician and physicist.
A total solar eclipse occurred on 3 May 1715. It was known as Halley's Eclipse, after Edmond Halley (1656–1742) who predicted this eclipse to within 4 minutes accuracy. . Halley observed the eclipse from London where the city of London enjoyed 3 minutes 33 seconds of tota
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John Flamsteed, the first astronomer royal, by Thomas Gibson. Royal Society, London.. Astronomer Royal is a senior post in the Royal Households of the United Kingdom.There are two officers, the senior being the astronomer royal dating from 22 June 1675; the junior is the astronomer royal for Scotland dating from 1834.
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14 January – Edmond Halley, astronomer (born 1656) 22 February – Charles Rivington, publisher (born 1688) 2 April – James Douglas, physician and anatomist (born 1675) 18 June – John Aislabie, politician (born 1670) 27 June – Nathan Bailey, philologist and lexicographer (year of birth unknown) 9 July – John Oldmixon, historian (born ...
Edmond Halley was born in the village on 8 November 1656. [5] He is known as the first person to calculate the orbit of a comet that was later named after him, [6] Halley's Comet. [7] At the end of the 18th century, Haggerston was still rural, with local farmers supplying nearby London with milk and dairy products and feed for horses. [1]
1656 in England: →. 1657; 1658; 1659 ... 29 October – Edmond Halley, scientist (died 1742) 17 November – Charles Davenant, economist (died 1714) Deaths.