Norman Lockyer

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Norman Lockyer was a British astronomer and science communicator best known for co-discovering the element helium in the solar spectrum and for founding the journal Nature.

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instanceOf editor
human
science communicator
awardReceived Royal Medal
Rumford Medal NERFINISHED
coDiscovered helium
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
dateOfBirth 1836-05-17
dateOfDeath 1920-08-16
discoveryMethod spectroscopic observation of the solar spectrum
educatedAt Rugby School NERFINISHED
employer Imperial College of Science and Technology NERFINISHED
Science and Art Department, South Kensington NERFINISHED
familyName Lockyer NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork astronomy
astrophysics
spectroscopy
founded Nature NERFINISHED
givenName Joseph NERFINISHED
hasNamesake Norman Lockyer Observatory NERFINISHED
asteroid 1231 Auricula (Lockyer) NERFINISHED
crater Lockyer on the Moon NERFINISHED
honorificTitle Sir
knownFor co-discovery of helium in the solar spectrum
founding the journal Nature
memberOf Royal Astronomical Society NERFINISHED
Royal Society
name Norman Lockyer NERFINISHED
occupation astronomer
journal editor
science writer
placeOfBirth Rugby, Warwickshire, England NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Salcombe Regis, Devon, England NERFINISHED
positionHeld founding editor of Nature
professor of astronomical physics at the Royal College of Science
publicationAuthored Inorganic Evolution NERFINISHED
The Chemistry of the Sun NERFINISHED
The Meteoritic Hypothesis NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male

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