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)
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