Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for Edmond Halley across 4 places, from 1671 to 1706.
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Edmond (or Edmund) Halley (–) was an English astronomer, mathematician and physicist.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Edmond Halley was documented, and when
1671year
St Paul's School, Londonattested“He studied at St Paul's School, where he developed his initial interest in astronomy, and was elected captain of the school in 1671.”source: Wikipedia: Edmond Halley
1687year
University of Cambridgeattested“Halley recognised the importance of the work and returned to Cambridge to arrange its publication with Newton, who instead went on to expand it into his Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica published at Halley's expense in 1687.”source: Wikipedia: Edmond Halley
1691year
University of Oxfordattested“In 1691, Halley sought the post of Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford.”source: Wikipedia: Edmond Halley
November 1703month
University of Oxfordattested“In November 1703, Halley was appointed Savilian Professor of Geometry at the University of Oxford, his theological enemies, John Tillotson and Bishop Stillingfleet having died.”source: Wikipedia: Edmond Halley
1706year
University of Oxfordattested“By 1706 Halley had learned Arabic and completed the translation started by Edward Bernard of Books V–VII of Apollonius's Conics from copies found at Leiden and the Bodleian Library at Oxford.”source: Wikipedia: Edmond Halley
1706year
Leiden University Libraryattested“By 1706 Halley had learned Arabic and completed the translation started by Edward Bernard of Books V–VII of Apollonius's Conics from copies found at Leiden and the Bodleian Library at Oxford.”source: Wikipedia: Edmond Halley
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July 1673month
The Queen's College, Oxfordmentioned“In July 1673, he began studying at The Queen's College, Oxford.”source: Wikipedia: Edmond Halley
May 1678month
Englandmentioned“Halley returned to England in May 1678, and used his data to produce a map of the southern stars.”source: Wikipedia: Edmond Halley
1679year
Danzigmentioned“In mid-1679, Halley went to Danzig (Gdańsk) on behalf of the society to help resolve a dispute: because astronomer Johannes Hevelius' observing instruments were not equipped with telescopic sights, Flamsteed and Hooke had questioned the…”source: Wikipedia: Edmond Halley
1682year
Islingtonmentioned“Halley married Mary Tooke in 1682 and settled in Islington.”source: Wikipedia: Edmond Halley
August 1684month
University of Cambridgementioned“In August 1684, he went to Cambridge to discuss this with Isaac Newton, much as John Flamsteed had done four years earlier, only to find that Newton had solved the problem, at the instigation of Flamsteed with regard to the orbit of Kirc…”source: Wikipedia: Edmond Halley
1686year
Royal Societymentioned“In early 1686, Halley was elected to the Royal Society's new position of secretary, requiring him to give up his fellowship and manage correspondence and meetings, as well as edit the Philosophical Transactions.”source: Wikipedia: Edmond Halley
1698year
Englandmentioned“In 1698, the Czar of Russia (later known as Peter the Great) was on a visit to England, and hoped Newton would be available to entertain him.”source: Wikipedia: Edmond Halley
1698year
South Atlanticmentioned“In 1698, at the behest of King William III, Halley was given command of the , a pink, so that he could carry out investigations in the South Atlantic into the laws governing the variation of the compass, as well as to refine the coordina…”source: Wikipedia: Edmond Halley
July 1699month
Englandmentioned“Halley returned the ship to England to proceed against officers in July 1699.”source: Wikipedia: Edmond Halley
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