Edmond Halley “As well as a mathematician, Edmond Halley was an astronomer, geophysicist, meteorologist, and physicist, and a friend of Isaac Newton. In 1682 he observed the comet that was named after him, and in 1684 computed its orbit. Edmund Halley was elected Savilian Professor of Geometry at the University of Oxford in January 1703/4. Two months later he is believed to have moved into this house as a sub-tenant under the lease of John Wallis, and in 1705 an observatory was built for him here” #halleycomet #edmondhalley #plaque #newcollegelane #astronomer #astronomy #beautifularchitecture #dreamingspires #universityofoxford #bbcoxford #oxforduniversity #oxfordshirephotography #oxford #oxforduk #iloveoxford #oxfordcity #igersoxford #oxfordlens #oxford_uk #oxfordpop #oxfordphotowalk #iphonexsmax #lc_insta #exploreoxfordshire #igersoxfordshire #onlyinoxford #thisisoxford #myoxfordview #visitoxford (at Oxford, Oxfordshire) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGzCeU8nQfS/?igshid=1gni201s71bo5
