Edmond Halley vs Giambattista Vico
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Compare the life timelines of Edmond Halley (1656–1742) and Giambattista Vico (1668–1744) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 74 years, from 1668 to 1742.
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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
Giambattista Vico (1668–1744)
- — Born in Naples, Italy Verified
- — Largely self-educated after irregular Jesuit schooling Verified
- — Worked as tutor to the Rocca family at Vatolla Verified
- — Appointed professor of rhetoric at the University of Naples Verified
- — Married Teresa Caterina Destito Verified
- — Published On the Most Ancient Wisdom of the Italians, his critique of Descartes Verified
- — Published the first edition of the New Science (Scienza Nuova) Verified
- — Published his Autobiography Verified
- — Appointed royal historiographer to Charles of Bourbon, King of Naples Verified
- — Died in Naples Verified