His comet returns to our vicinity about every 75 years (6)
I believe the answer is:
halley
(Other definitions for halley that I've seen before include "English astronomer of comet fame" , "Edmond -, Seventeenth-eighteenth Century English astronomer" .)
I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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