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Halley Infobox

I believe there is an error in the HALLEY INFOBOX. (Died 25 January 1742 [O.S. 14 January 1741] (aged 85) Greenwich, Kent, England) Shouldn't that be (Died 25 January 1742 [O.S. 14 January 1742] (aged 85)? DMc75771 (talk) 17:02, 14 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Halley Infobox

Vol.6 of Dictionary of Scientific Biography (1972) has Halley's birth date as 29 October 1656[?] and death date as 14 January 1743. What gives? DMc75771 (talk) 19:07, 26 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Size of Paramour disagreement

The length of sailing ship Paramuour is listed as 52 feet (16 m) 6 gun pink (sailship). For the voyages it performed (almost a year of sailing in the Atlantic a 16 m sailship would IMO be hard pressed to load all provisions for 20 people crew, and in HMS Paramour (1694) article lenghth is 64 feet 8 inches (19.71 m). I suppose 52 feet is a typo here, but did not yet clheck/verify by sources. Marjan Tomki SI (talk) 23:57, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Capitalization of "society" and "archbishop"

@Thony C.: See MOS:INSTITUTIONS and MOS:JOBTITLES. "Generic words for institutions, organizations, companies, etc., and rough descriptions of them (university, college, hospital, church, high school) do not take capitals:". So, "American Cancer Society", but "The society was founded ...". For a title such as "archbishop", capitalize when "is not preceded by a modifier (including a definite or indefinite article)". So, "He became Archbishop of York", but "He visited the archbishop of York in 1621". Chris the speller ^yack 14:59, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Link to 'The Analyst'?

Would it be of interest to provide some kind of link from Halley to The Analyst topic? As, despite comments there about Newton (who was then dead), it seems clear Berkeley was referring to Halley in his address to "an Infidel Mathematician". CatNip48 (talk) 14:07, 8 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]