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Edmond Halley

English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist

b. 1656 CE – d. 1742 CE World The North Atlantic Lands

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.

Moran, J. (2017). Edmond Halley. History Atlas. Retrieved 5 November 2026, from https://www.historyatlas.com/people/edmond-halley/

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