Edmond Halley vs Thomas Newcomen
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Compare the life timelines of Edmond Halley (1656–1742) and Thomas Newcomen (1664–1729) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 65 years, from 1664 to 1729.
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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
Thomas Newcomen (1664–1729)
- — Born in Dartmouth, Devon, England Verified
- — Established himself as an ironmonger in Dartmouth Verified
- — Developed the atmospheric steam engine with partner John Calley Verified
- — Entered a business arrangement under Thomas Savery's steam patent Verified
- — Served as a Baptist lay preacher and elder Verified
- — Installed the first successful atmospheric steam engine near Dudley Verified
- — Newcomen engines spread across Britain and continental Europe Verified
- — Died in London Verified