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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:person
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gptkbp:almaMater
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gptkb:The_Queen's_College,_Oxford
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gptkbp:birthDate
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1656-11-08
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gptkbp:birthPlace
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gptkb:Haggerston,_Middlesex,_England
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gptkbp:burialPlace
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gptkb:St_Margaret's,_Lee,_London
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gptkbp:children
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gptkb:Catherine_Halley
gptkb:Margaret_Halley
gptkb:Edmund_Halley_Jr.
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gptkbp:contributedTo
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gptkb:Newton's_Principia_Mathematica
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gptkbp:deathDate
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1742-01-14
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gptkbp:deathPlace
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gptkb:Greenwich,_London,_England
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gptkbp:discoveredBy
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proper motion of stars
relationship between barometric pressure and altitude
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gptkbp:electedFellowOf
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gptkb:Royal_Society
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gptkbp:fieldOfWork
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gptkb:astronomy
gptkb:mathematics
geophysics
meteorology
physics
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gptkbp:firstBook
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propose the idea of a hollow Earth
publish a star catalog of the southern hemisphere
suggest a method for measuring the distance to the Sun using transits of Venus
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Edmund Halley
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gptkbp:knownFor
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gptkb:Halley's_Comet
predicting the periodicity of comets
Halley’s star catalog
Halley’s method for determining the distance to the Sun
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gptkbp:memberOf
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gptkb:Royal_Society
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gptkbp:namesakeOf
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gptkb:Halley's_Comet
gptkb:Halley_Research_Station_(Antarctica)
gptkb:Halley_crater_(Moon)
gptkb:Halley_crater_(Mars)
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gptkbp:nationality
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British
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gptkbp:notableColleagueOf
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gptkb:Isaac_Newton
gptkb:Christopher_Wren
gptkb:Robert_Hooke
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gptkbp:notableStudent
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gptkb:John_Flamsteed
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:geologist
gptkb:mathematician
gptkb:meteorologist
gptkb:physicist
astronomer
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gptkbp:positionHeld
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gptkb:Astronomer_Royal
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gptkbp:publishedWork
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gptkb:A_Synopsis_of_the_Astronomy_of_Comets
gptkb:An_Account_of_the_Late_Surprising_Appearance_of_the_Lights_Seen_in_the_Air
gptkb:Catalogus_Stellarum_Australium
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gptkbp:religion
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gptkb:Anglican
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Mary_Tooke
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gptkbp:surveyedBy
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gptkb:St._Helena_(for_southern_stars)
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gptkbp:termEnd
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1742
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gptkbp:termStart
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1720
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:The_Queen's_College,_Oxford
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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3
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