BOOK SHOREDITCH HOTELS

Edmond Halley
- Favourite Briton.

Born in Shoreditch, London
Born on 8th of October 1656
Died in Greenwich, London
Died on 14th of January 1742

Born 1656 . Died 1742 - Astronomer and mathematician


An astronomer and mathemetician he left for St Helena in 1676 to make the first catalogue of stars in the southern hemisphere (Catalogus Stellarum Australium, 1679). In 1680 in Paris he was observing comets and correctly predited the return of a comet last observed in 1583 - Halleys comet. In 1720 he became Astronomer Royal of England.

Links:
http://www.theatrehistory.com/british/goldsmith001.html Halleys Comet

More famous Britons here

Contributors: Do you have a site related to Edmond Halley?
Supply some content for this page and we will gladly add a link to your site. Email here.

5675 views since 31st January 2007

Brit Quote:
I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite - GK Chesterton
More Quotes

On this day:
Mayflower lands - 1620, IRA Bomb Birmingham - 1974
More dates from British history

click here to view all the British counties

County Pages