Edmond Halley vs Isaac Newton
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Compare the life timelines of Edmond Halley (1656–1742) and Isaac Newton (1643–1727) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 71 years, from 1656 to 1727.
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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
Isaac Newton (1643–1727)
- — Born in Woolsthorpe, England Verified
- — Appointed Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge
- — Published Principia Mathematica Verified
- — Became Warden, then Master, of the Royal Mint
- — Elected President of the Royal Society
- — Died in Kensington, London Verified