Edmond Halley (of Haggerston)

Emily Webber 9 November 2011 Haggerston

$\Edmond$ You may have seen Google’s homepage yesterday which featured a Google Doodle in honour of Edmond Halley’s 335th birthday. Halley is best known for computing the orbit of Halley’s Comet and according to wikipedia Halley was born in Haggerston in 1656. You can read up more on this famous son of Hackney over here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_Halley“