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Edmond Halley

Born on November 8, 1656

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Edmond (or Edmund) Halley (8 November 1656 – 25 January 1742) was an English astronomer, mathematician and physicist. He was the second Astronomer Royal in Britain, succeeding John Flamsteed in 1720.

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