Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit vs Edmond Halley
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Compare the life timelines of Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736) and Edmond Halley (1656–1742) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 50 years, from 1686 to 1736.
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Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736)
- — Born in Danzig (Gdansk) Verified
- — Sent to Amsterdam as a merchant's apprentice Verified
- — Orphaned by the sudden death of both parents Verified
- — Travelled Europe studying instrument making Verified
- — Invented the mercury-in-glass thermometer Verified
- — Settled in The Hague as a glassblower and instrument maker Verified
- — Published the Fahrenheit temperature scale and elected to the Royal Society Verified
- — Died in The Hague Verified
Edmond Halley (1656–1742)
- — Born in Haggerston, near London Verified
- — Entered The Queen's College, Oxford Verified
- — Voyaged to Saint Helena to chart the southern stars Verified
- — Published Catalogus Stellarum Australium and elected Fellow of the Royal Society Verified
- — Married Mary Tooke Verified
- — Financed and oversaw the publication of Newton's Principia Verified
- — Appointed Savilian Professor of Geometry at Oxford Verified
- — Published A Synopsis of the Astronomy of Comets predicting the return of Halley's Comet Verified
- — Appointed Astronomer Royal Verified
- — Died at Greenwich Verified