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1656 CE - 1742 CE: Life of the English astronomer and cartographer Edmond Halley.
1656 CE: The astronomer Edmond Halley is born near London.
1677 CE: Edmond Halley takes astronomical readings from an observatory he establishes on the island of St. Helena.
1678 CE: Edmond Halley is made a fellow of the Royal Society for his work in astronomy.
1679 CE: Edmond Halley compares astronomical data with Johannes Hevelius in Danzig.
1686 CE: Edmond Halley is appointed Clerk of the Royal Society.
1691 CE - 1695 CE: Edmond Halley pioneers a deep-sea diving suit and diving bell while salvaging a wreck off the coast of Sussex.
1698 CE - 1700 CE: Edmond Halley makes three voyages across the Atlantic gathering data on magnetism.
1704 CE: Edmond Halley is awarded a professorship in geography at the University of Oxford.
1705 CE: Edmond Halley predicts in Synopsis of the Astronomy of Comets the reutrn of the comet that will be named after him.
1714 CE: Edmond Halley is made editor of Philosophical Transactions, unofficial magazine of the Royal Society.
1720 CE: Edmond Halley is appointed the Royal Astronomer.
1729 CE: Edmond Halley is made a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences in France.
1742 CE: Edmond Halley dies.