The scientist Edmond Halley

Edmond Halley

Living place: England

Birthday: 8-11-1656

Global rank: #37365

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Who is The scientist Edmond Halley?
British mathematician and is considered to be the first to calculate the orbit of Halley's comet. He also served as the Second Astronomer Royal, a senior post in the Royal Household of Great Britain, in British history.
He was criticized by The Royal Society when he suggested that the biblical story of Noah's arc left a flood possibly caused by a comet.
 
 

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He was a Fellow of the Royal Society after studying at Oxford University.

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He fathered three children with Mary Tooke: Edmond, Margaret and Richelle

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His contemporary Sir Isaac Newton also had a comet named after him.

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When was The scientist Edmond Halley born?
Edmond Halley was born in 8-11-1656, death year is , at the age of 368.
Where is The scientist Edmond Halley's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Edmond Halley was born in England. is a The scientist, whose Zodiac is Scorpius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Monkey. Edmond Halley's global rank is 37365 and whose rank is 115 in list of famous The scientist.
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Events in 1656 and 8-11

Birthday Edmond Halley (8-11) in history

  • Day 8-11 year 1889: Montana became the 41st state.
  • Day 8-11 year 1892: Former president Grover Cleveland beat incumbent Benjamin Harrison and became the only president to win nonconsecutive terms in the White House.
  • Day 8-11 year 1923: Adolf Hitler attempted, and failed, to seize control of the German government in the Beer Hall Putsch.
  • Day 8-11 year 1960: John F. Kennedy defeated Richard M. Nixon for the presidency of the United States.
  • Day 8-11 year 1966: Edward W. Brooke of Massachusetts became the first African American to be elected to the U.S. Senate since Reconstruction.
  • Day 8-11 year 1994: After a 40-year Democrat domination, the Republican Party gained control of the U.S. House of Representatives, as well as a Senate majority.
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