Edmond Halley
English astronomer and mathematician
Edmond Halley FRS was an English astronomer, mathematician and physicist. He was the second Astronomer Royal in Britain, succeeding John Flamsteed in 1720. Wikipedia
Born: November 8, 1656, Haggerston, London, United Kingdom
Died: January 14, 1742 (age 85 years), Greenwich, United Kingdom
Discovered: Halley's Comet
Education: St Paul's Juniors and The Queen's College
Children: Edmond Halley
Parents: Edmond Halley Sr.
Siblings: Katherine Halley and Humphrey Halley