Haggerston, England, 8 November 1656
Greenwich, England, 25 January 1742
astronomer

Edmond Halley



Portrait of Halley (c. 1690)

Haggerston, England, 8 November 1656
Greenwich, England, 25 January 1742
astronomer

Edmond Halley



Portrait of Halley by Richard Phillips, before 1722

Haggerston, England, 8 November 1656
Greenwich, England, 25 January 1742
astronomer

Edmond Halley



First page to volume I of Miscellanea curiosa published by the Royal Society (1705), in which Halley wrote "An estimate of the quantity of vapours raised out of the sea, derived from experiment"

Haggerston, England, 8 November 1656
Greenwich, England, 25 January 1742
astronomer

Edmond Halley



Halley's 1701 map showing isogonic lines of equal magnetic declination in the Atlantic Ocean

Haggerston, England, 8 November 1656
Greenwich, England, 25 January 1742
astronomer

Edmond Halley



Comet-like plaque to Halley in the South Cloister of Westminster Abbey

Haggerston, England, 8 November 1656
Greenwich, England, 25 January 1742
astronomer

Edmond Halley



Edmond Halley's tombstone, re-positioned at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich; he is not buried there, but at St Margaret's, Lee, some 30 minutes' walk away to the south

Haggerston, England, 8 November 1656
Greenwich, England, 25 January 1742
astronomer

Edmond Halley



Halley's grave

Haggerston, England, 8 November 1656
Greenwich, England, 25 January 1742
astronomer

Edmond Halley



Halley's map of the path of the Solar eclipse of 3 May 1715 across England

November 8, 1834
March 11, 1877
inventor

Carlos Glidden



Wisconsin Historical Marker

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