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Norman Lockyer
Sir Norman Lockyer | |
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 Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer, c. 1897 | |
| Born | 17 May 1836 Rugby, Warwickshire, England |
| Died | 16 August 1920 (aged 84) Salcombe Regis, Devon, England |
| Known for | Discovery of helium Founder of Journal, Nature |
| Awards | Rumford Medal (1874) Janssen Medal (1889) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronomy |
| Institutions | Imperial College London |
Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer KCB FRS (17 May 1836 – 16 August 1920) was an English scientist and astronomer. Along with the French scientist Pierre Janssen, he is credited with discovering the gas helium. Lockyer also is remembered for being the founder and first editor of the influential journal Nature.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
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- ^ Campbell, W. W. (1920). "Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer–(1836-1920)". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 3 (189): 265–268. Bibcode:1920PASP...32..265C. doi:10.1086/122984.
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- ^ Fowler, Alfred (1923). "Sir Norman Lockyer, K.C.B., 1836–1920". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A. 104 (728): i–xiv. Bibcode:1923RSPSA.104D...1.. doi:10.1098/rspa.1923.0126.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ Frost, Michael (2007). "Lockyer, Joseph Norman". In Hockey, Thomas; Trimble, Virginia; Williams, Thomas R. (eds.). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. New York: Springer Publishing. pp. 1336–1338. doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-9917-7_859. ISBN 978-0-387-31022-0.
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