Edmond Halley vs Ogyū Sorai
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Compare the life timelines of Edmond Halley (1656–1742) and Ogyū Sorai (1666–1728) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 62 years, from 1666 to 1728.
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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
Ogyū Sorai (1666–1728)
- — Born in Edo Verified
- — Exiled with his family to rural Kazusa province Verified
- — Returned to Edo after his father's pardon Verified
- — Entered the service of Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu Verified
- — Established his own private academy in Edo Verified
- — Developed the Ancient Learning method of reading the classics Verified
- — Wrote his major philosophical works Bendō and Benmei Verified
- — Advised shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune and wrote the Seidan Verified
- — Died in Edo Verified