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Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742

LC control no.n 50018459
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingHalley, Edmond, 1656-1742
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Variant(s)Halley, Edmund, 1656-1742
Haley, Edmúnd, 1656-1742
Halley, Dr. (Edmond), 1656-1742
Halley, E. (Edmond), 1656-1742
Halleius, Edmundus, 1656-1742
Hallei, M. (Edmond), 1656-1742
Halley, M. (Edmond), 1656-1742
Halley, Edmundus, 1656-1742
Hallai, Edmond, 1656-1742
Southern Tycho, 1656-1742
See alsoEmployer: University of Oxford
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Employer: Royal Observatory, Greenwich
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Other standard no.71400665
0000000080777282
Q47434
Associated countryEngland
Birth date1656-11-08
Death date1742-01-25
Place of birthLondon (England)
Place of deathGreenwich (London, England)
Field of activityAstronomy Mathematics Physics
AffiliationUniversity of Oxford
Profession or occupationAstronomers Mathematicians Physicists
Found inInU/Wing STC files (usage: Edmund Halley; Edmund Haley; Dr. Halley; E. Halley; ... Edmundo Halleio; M. Hallei; M. Halley)
LCCN 03-8154: Appolonius, of Perga. Appolonii Pergæi De sectione rationis libri duo ex arabico msto latine versi, 1706 (hdg.: Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742; usage: Edmundi Halley)
Daniel Crouch Rare Books, Catalogue IX: description of Halley's Catalogue des estoilles australes, 1679 (Halley's work as an astronomy student at the Greenwich Observatory and at Oxford earned praise from the royal astronomer John Flamsteed, who dubbed Halley "the southern Tycho," after Tycho Brahe)
Wikipedia, February 13, 2023 (Edmond (or Edmund) Halley FRS (8 November [O.S. 29 October) 1656 - 25 January 1742 [O.S. 14 January 1741]) was an English astronomer, mathematician and physicist. He was the second Astronomer Royal in Britain, succeeding John Flamsteed in 1720. Born in Haggerston, Middlesex, England [now in London]. Died in Greenwich, Kent, England [now in London]. In November 1703, Halley was appointed Savilian Professor of Geometry at the University of Oxford)
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Associated languageeng