| LC control no. | n 50018459 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742 |
| 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 also | Employer: University of Oxford Employer: Royal Observatory, Greenwich |
| Other standard no. | 71400665 0000000080777282 Q47434 |
| Associated country | England |
| Birth date | 1656-11-08 |
| Death date | 1742-01-25 |
| Place of birth | London (England) |
| Place of death | Greenwich (London, England) |
| Field of activity | Astronomy Mathematics Physics |
| Affiliation | University of Oxford |
| Profession or occupation | Astronomers Mathematicians Physicists |
| Found in | InU/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) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_Halley> |
| Associated language | eng |
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