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Edmond Halley

English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist
Years: 1656 - 1742

Edmond Halley FRS (8 November 1656 – 14 January 1742) is an English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist who is best known for computing the orbit of the eponymous Halley's comet.