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Edmond Halley

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Personal details and public facts.

Profession
Mathematician
Died
Jan 14, 1742
Zodiac
Scorpio
Born in
England
About
English mathematician who is credited as being the first person to calculate the orbit of Halley's Comet. He also served as the second Astronomer Royal, a senior post in the Royal Households of the United Kingdom, in British history.
Family
He fathered three children with Mary Tooke: Edmond, Margaret, and Richelle.

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