Edmond Halley Jr.

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Edmond_Halley_Jr.
GPTKB entity
Statements (21)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:The_Queen's_College,_Oxford
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Haggerston,_Middlesex,_England
gptkbp:birthYear 1656
gptkbp:contributedTo gptkb:Newton's_Principia_Mathematica
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Greenwich,_London,_England
gptkbp:deathYear 1742
gptkbp:discoveredBy proper motion of stars
gptkbp:eponymOf gptkb:Halley_Research_Station
gptkb:Halley's_Comet
gptkb:Halley_crater_(Moon)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Edmond Halley Jr.
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Halley's_Comet
gptkbp:occupation astronomer
gptkbp:position gptkb:Astronomer_Royal
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:A_Synopsis_of_the_Astronomy_of_Comets
gptkb:Catalogus_Stellarum_Australium
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Edmond_Halley
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5