Edmond Halley
Edmond Halley Portrait by Thomas Murray, c. 1687 Born (1656-11-08)8 November 1656 Haggerston, Middlesex, England Died 14 January 1742(1742-01-14) (aged 85) Greenwich, Kent, England Resting place St. Margaret's, Lee, South London Nationality English, Post 1707 Fields Astronomy, geophysics, mathematics, meteorology, physics, cartography Institutions University of Oxford Royal Observatory, Greenwich Alma mater University of Oxford Known for Halley's Comet Spouse Mary Tooke Children Dr Edmond Halley (d. 1741) Margaret (d. 1713) Richelle (d. 1748) Edmond Halley, FRS (commonly misspelt as Edmund; pronounced /ˈɛdmənd ˈhæli/; 8 November 1656 – 14 January 1742) was an English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist who is best known for computing the orbit of the eponymous Halley's Comet. He was the second Astronomer Royal in Britain, succeeding John Flamsteed.