Sir Norman Lockyer KCB FRS
(1836-1920)
astronomer, physicist, Fellow of the Royal Society (from 1869), Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (from 1897), and President of the British Association (1903-1904)
Died aged c. 84
Wikidata WikipediaSir 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.
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founder of Nature
Commemorated on 2 plaques
Sir Norman Lockyer 1836-1920 astronomer, physicist, and founder of Nature lived here 1876-1920
16 Penywern Road, Kensington and Chelsea, SW5, London, United Kingdom where they lived
Kensington Telescope (1884). The Kensington refracting telescope comprises a 10-inch main viewing tube and a camera fitted with an objective prism. The instrument was used to study star spectra leading Sir Norman Lockyer to propose that stars had a life cycle of change. The telescope marks the start of modern astrophysics research.
Norman Lockyer Observatory, Salcombe Hill, Sidmouth, United Kingdom where they worked