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Edmond Halley
Edmond Halley, detail of an oil painting by Richard Phillips, c. 1720; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Before traveling to St. Helena in 1676, Edmond Halley received his early education at St. Paulâs School in London. He subsequently entered Queenâs College, Oxford, in 1673, though he eventually left the university without completing his degree to embark on his expedition to the South Atlantic.1