Edmond Halley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edmond[1] (or Edmund[2]) Halley, FRS (pronounced /ˈɛdmənd ˈhæli/;[3][4] 8 November 1656 – 14 January 1742) was an English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist who is best known for computing the orbit of the eponymous Hall...