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Norman Lockyer

1836 - 1920

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Norman Lockyer is the 185th most popular astronomer (down from 163rd in 2019), the 1,501st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,377th in 2019) and the 26th most popular British Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Norman Lockyer ranks 185 out of 644. Before him are Henry Draper, Seleucus of Seleucia, Adriaan Blaauw, Edwin Ernest Salpeter, Johann Heinrich von Mädler, and Gan De. After him are George Phillips Bond, Luigi Ferdinando Marsili, Tobias Mayer, Theodor von Oppolzer, Otto Wilhelm von Struve, and George William Hill.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1836, Norman Lockyer ranks 24. Before him are Hassan I of Morocco, Joseph Chamberlain, Princess Anna of Prussia, Jarosław Dąbrowski, Nicholas of Japan, and Kalākaua. After him are Theodor Nöldeke, Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Nikolay Dobrolyubov, Enomoto Takeaki, Jan Gotlib Bloch, and Franz von Lenbach. Among people deceased in 1920, Norman Lockyer ranks 36. Before him are Abraham Kuyper, Prince Joachim of Prussia, Otto Gross, Mikhail Eisenstein, S. Ansky, and Fatali Khan Khoyski. After him are Lothar von Trotha, Odoardo Beccari, Levi P. Morton, Vladimir Purishkevich, Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg, and Alexius Meinong.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Norman Lockyer ranks 1,501 out of 8,785. Before him are Peter Robinson (1948), Ryan Giggs (1973), Adrian Lyne (1941), Patrick Macnee (1922), John Hawkwood (1320), and Dave Finlay (1958). After him are William Russell (1924), Sam Taylor-Johnson (1967), John Horton Conway (1937), John Blow (1649), Jack W. Szostak (1952), and Godwin, Earl of Wessex (1001).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Norman Lockyer ranks 26. Before him are Adelard of Bath (1075), James Dunlop (1793), Jeremiah Horrocks (1618), William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (1800), James Ferguson (1797), and Margaret Burbidge (1919). After him are George Mary Searle (1839), Nevil Maskelyne (1732), John Bevis (1695), Francis Baily (1774), Edward L. G. Bowell (1943), and Robert T. A. Innes (1861).

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