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...
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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...