Quotes:Halley, Edmund

Boris de Zirkoff

Halley, Edmund. English astronomer, b. in London, Oct. 29, 1656; d. Jan. 14, 1742. Educated at Queen's College, Oxford. Studied astronomy in his school days, publishing, 1676, a paper on planetary orbits. Went to St. Helena to make observations in the Southern hemisphere. Upon returning to England, began a friendship with Newton, which resulted in the publication of the Principia, the expense being borne by Halley. Observed the comet of 1682, calculated its orbit, and predicted its return in 1757. Succeeded Flamstead as astronomer-royal, 1720. Made innumerable contributions to the science of astronomy. Principal works: Catalogus stellarum australium, London, 1679. - Synopsis astronomiae cometicae, Oxford, 1705. - Astronomical Tables, London. 1752. - Translated the work of Apollonius from the Arabic which he learned with this end in view.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 1, p. 465