Norman Lockyer
1836
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1920
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
languages spoken, written or signed: English
occupation: physicist, astronomer, university teacher
award received: Fellow of the Royal Society, Rumford Medal, Janssen Medal, Bakerian Lecture
Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer (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. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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