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Edmond Halley

Edmond (or Edmund) HalleyFRS (; 8 November[O.S. 29 October] 1656 – 25 January 1742[O.S. 14 January 1741]) was an English astronomer, mathematician and physicist. He was the second Astronomer Royal in Britain, succeeding John Flamsteed in 1720.

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