Edmond Halley vs Ogata Kōrin
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Compare the life timelines of Edmond Halley (1656–1742) and Ogata Kōrin (1658–1716) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 58 years, from 1658 to 1716.
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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
Ogata Kōrin (1658–1716)
- — Born in Kyoto Verified
- — Raised in a family of textile merchants and trained in the arts Verified
- — Inherited part of the family fortune after his father's death Verified
- — Collaboration with his brother, the potter Ogata Kenzan Verified
- — Awarded the honorary artistic rank of hokkyō Verified
- — Painted the Irises screens (Kakitsubata-zu) Verified
- — Moved to Edo to seek patronage Verified
- — Returned to Kyoto Verified
- — Created the Red and White Plum Blossoms screens Verified
- — Died in Kyoto Verified