LOCKYER, SIR JOSEPH NORMAN
- LOCKYER, SIR JOSEPH NORMAN
astronomer, born at Rugby; became clerk in the War Office in 1857, was secretary to the Royal Commission on Scientific Instruction in 1870, and was transferred to the Science and Art Department in 1875; he directed Government eclipse expeditions to Sicily, India, Egypt, and the West Indies; in 1860 he became F.R.S., received the Society's Rumford medal in 1874, next year was appointed corresponding Member of the Institute of France and received the Janssen medal in 1891; he was knighted in 1897; he made important discoveries in spectrum analysis, and has written several astronomical works; b. 1836.
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James Wood.
1907.
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Lockyer,Sir Joseph Norman — Lock·yer (lŏkʹyər), Sir Joseph Norman. 1836 1920. British astronomer who founded and was the first editor (1869 1919) of Nature magazine. * * * … Universalium
Lockyer , Sir Joseph Norman — (1836–1920) British astronomer Lockyer, born the son of a surgeon apothecary at Rugby in the English Midlands, started his career as a civil servant. He turned to astronomy and taught at the Royal College of Science, becoming director of the… … Scientists
Lockyer, Sir Joseph Norman — ▪ British astronomer born May 17, 1836, Rugby, Warwickshire, Eng. died Aug. 16, 1920, Salcombe Regis, Devon British astronomer who in 1868 discovered in the Sun s (Sun) atmosphere a previously unknown element that he named helium. Lockyer… … Universalium
Lockyer, sir Joseph Norman — ► (1836 1920) Astrónomo y físico británico. Descubrió la presencia del helio en el Sol … Enciclopedia Universal
Lockyer, Sir Joseph Norman — K.C.B., F.R.S. (b. 1836) Astronomer. Elementary Lessons in Astronomy (1870), Studies in Spectrum Analysis (1878), Star gazing, Past and Present (1878), Chemistry of the Sun (1887), Dawn of Astronomy (1894), The Sun s Place in Nature (1897) … Short biographical dictionary of English literature
Joseph Norman Lockyer — Joseph Norman Lockyer. Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer (* 17. Mai 1836 in Rugby, Warwickshire; † 16. August 1920 in Salcombe Regis, Devonshire) war englischer Astronom und gilt als einer der Wegbereiter der modernen Astrophysik und Begründer der… … Deutsch Wikipedia
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