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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:human
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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:children
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gptkb:Edmund_Halley_III
gptkb:Catherine_Halley
gptkb:Margaret_Halley
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gptkbp:contribution
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catalogued southern stars
helped publish Newton's Principia Mathematica
studied terrestrial magnetism
studied tides
studied trade winds
suggested the idea of a hollow Earth
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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:eponymOf
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gptkb:Halley_(Venus_crater)
gptkb:Halley's_Comet
gptkb:Halley_(Mercury_crater)
gptkb:Halley_Research_Station_(Antarctica)
gptkb:Halley_crater_(Moon)
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gptkbp:fieldOfWork
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gptkb:astronomy
gptkb:mathematics
geophysics
meteorology
physics
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Edmund Halley Jr.
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gptkbp:knownFor
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gptkb:Halley's_Comet
predicting the periodicity of comets
Halley’s method for calculating comet orbits
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gptkbp:memberOf
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gptkb:Royal_Society
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gptkbp:name
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gptkb:Edmund_Halley_Jr.
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gptkbp:nationality
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British
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gptkbp:occupation
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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:signature
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Edmund Halley signature.svg
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Mary_Tooke
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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:Edmund_Halley
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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