The English Astronomer is a term used to describe two prominent figures in the field of astronomy: Edmond Halley and Sir Frank Dyson. Halley was an English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist who is best known for computing the orbit of the eponymous Halley's Comet. Dyson was an English astronomer and physicist who served as Astronomer Royal from 1910 to 1933 and is best known for his work on stellar spectroscopy.