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          Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer (– 16 August ) was an English scientist and astronomer....

          Norman Lockyer

          English scientist and astronomer (1836–1920)

          Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer (17 May 1836 – 16 August 1920) was an English scientist and astronomer.

          Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer was a British astronomer who in discovered in the Sun's atmosphere a previously unknown element that he named helium after.

        1. Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer was a British astronomer who in discovered in the Sun's atmosphere a previously unknown element that he named helium after.
        2. SIR JOSEPH NORMAN LOCKYER was born at Rugby, May I7~ He was educated at private schoo's and on the Continent.
        3. Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer (– 16 August ) was an English scientist and astronomer.
        4. The main source of information concerning Lockyer is the biography by his widow and daughter, T. Mary Lockyer and Winifred L. Lockyer: The Life and Work of Sir.
        5. Lockyer also is remembered for being the founder and first editor of the influential journal Nature.

          6. 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]

          Biography

          Lockyer was born in Rugby, Warwickshire.

          His early introduction to science was through his father, who was a pioneer of the electric telegraph. After a conventional schooling supplemented by travel in Switzerland and France, he worked for some years as a civil servant in the British War Office.[9] He settled in Wimbledon, South London after marrying Winifred James, who helped translate at least four French scientific works into English.[10] He was a keen amateur astronomer with a par