Inscriptions: Halley's Observatory
The above plaque is fixed to the wall of 7 New College Lane. It reads:
EDMUND HALLEY
Savilian Professor of
Geometry 1703–1742
lived and had
his observatory
in this house
Halley (who has achieved lasting fame from his comet) was an English astronomer and a friend of Isaac Newton. In 1720 he was appointed Royal Astronomer at Greenwich Observatory.