Edmond Halley to Hans Sloane – September 1, 1729
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Date: September 1, 1729 Author: Edmond Halley Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4050 Folio: ff. 181-182
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English
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British Library, London
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Patronage, Social
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Meeting, Observatory, Royal Family
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September 1, 1729
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Greenwich park
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Prince Frederic Princess Caroline
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[fol. 182] Honoured Sr Her Majesty not having yet honoured the Observatory with her Royall presence, and finding by the News-papers, that shee with the prince very soon intend you the favour of a Visit; I humbly entreat you that when shee comes, you would present me to her, if it may be done without offence; and that as soon as you know the certain time of her coming, you will please to send me word by a Messenger express, that I may give my attendence accordingly. If this be practicable, I shall esteem it a singular kindness to Sr Your most obliged & humble servant Edm: Halley Greenwich park Sept 1 1729.
Edmond Halley left Oxford without an undergraduate degree to travel the world, giving him the opportunity to study astronomy on the spot. Upon returning to England he had a prestigious career and collaborated with Sir Isaac Newton, entered the public service, served as a professor at Oxford, and was appointed Astronomer Royal in 1721 (Alan Cook, “Halley, Edmond (1656-1742)”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2009 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/12011, accessed 1 June 2011]).
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