[PAR] [TLE] Edmond Halley [SEP] Edmond (or Edmund) Halley, FRS (pronounced ; 8 November [O.S. 29 October] 1656 – 25 January 1742 [O.S. 14 January 1741] ) was an English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist who is best known for computing the orbit of Halley's Comet.  He was the second Astronomer Royal in Britain, succeeding John Flamsteed. [PAR] [TLE] The Analyst [SEP] The Analyst, subtitled ""A DISCOURSE Addressed to an Infidel MATHEMATICIAN.  WHEREIN It is examined whether the Object, Principles, and Inferences of the modern Analysis are more distinctly conceived, or more evidently deduced, than Religious Mysteries and Points of Faith"", is a book published by George Berkeley in 1734.  The "infidel mathematician" is believed to have been Edmond Halley, though others have speculated Sir Isaac Newton was intended.  See .
[PAR] [TLE] Edmond Halley [ SEP ] Edmond ( or Edmund ) Halley , FRS ( pronounced ; 8 November [ O.S. 29 October ] 1656 – 25 January 1742 [ O.S. 14 January 1741 ] ) was an English astronomer , geophysicist , mathematician , meteorologist , and physicist who is best known for computing the orbit of Halley 's Comet . He was the second Astronomer Royal in Britain , succeeding John Flamsteed . [PAR] [TLE] The Analyst [ SEP ] The Analyst , subtitled " " A DISCOURSE Addressed to an Infidel MATHEMATICIAN . WHEREIN It is examined whether the Object , Principles , and Inferences of the modern Analysis are more distinctly conceived , or more evidently deduced , than Religious Mysteries and Points of Faith " " , is a book published by George Berkeley in 1734 . The " infidel mathematician " is believed to have been Edmond Halley , though others have speculated Sir Isaac Newton was intended . See .
Who did the person believed to be The "infidel mathematician"  succeed as the AStronomer Royal in Britain?
Who did the person believed to be The " infidel mathematician " succeed as the AStronomer Royal in Britain ?
John Flamsteed
John Flamsteed