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Joseph Norman Lockyer
from Proceedings of the Royal Society (1909)
from Proceedings of the Royal Society (1909)
BornMay 17, 1836(1836-05-17)
Rugby, Warwickshire, England
DiedAugust 16, 1920 (aged 84)
Salcombe Regis, Devon, England
NationalityEngland
FieldsAstronomy
Known forDiscovery of helium

Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer, FRS (May 17, 1836 – August 16, 1920) was an English scientist and astronomer. Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. Year 1836 ( MDCCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Rugby is a Market town in Warwickshire, in the West Midlands of England, on the River Avon. Geography Warwickshire is bounded to the northwest by the West Midlands Metropolitan county and Staffordshire, by Leicestershire to England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Events 1384 - The Hongwu Emperor of Ming China, Emperor Dong hears a case of a couple who tore paper money bills while fighting Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Salcombe Regis is a coastal village in Devon, England, near to Sidmouth. Devon is a large county in the South West of England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, but that is an entirely unofficial name England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Astronomy (from the Greek words astron (ἄστρον "star" and nomos (νόμος "law" is the scientific study Helium ( He) is a colorless odorless tasteless non-toxic Inert Monatomic Chemical The Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge, known simply as The Royal Society, is a Learned society for science that was founded in 1660 Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. Year 1836 ( MDCCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Events 1384 - The Hongwu Emperor of Ming China, Emperor Dong hears a case of a couple who tore paper money bills while fighting Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Along with the French scientist Pierre Janssen he is credited with discovering the gas helium. Pierre Jules César Janssen ( February 22, 1824 &ndash December 23, 1907) was a French astronomer who along with the English Helium ( He) is a colorless odorless tasteless non-toxic Inert Monatomic Chemical Lockyer also is remembered for being the founder and first editor of the influential journal Nature. Nature is a prominent Scientific journal, first published on 4 November 1869

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Biography

Lockyer was born in Rugby, Warwickshire. Rugby is a Market town in Warwickshire, in the West Midlands of England, on the River Avon. Geography Warwickshire is bounded to the northwest by the West Midlands Metropolitan county and Staffordshire, by Leicestershire to After a conventional schooling supplemented by travel in Switzerland and France, he worked for some years as a civil servant in the British War office. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. See also Bureaucrat The term civil service has two distinct meanings Branch of governmental service in which individuals are hired on the basis The War Office was a former department of the British Government, responsible for the administration of the British Army between the 17th century and 1963 when He settled in Wimbledon, south London after marrying Winifred James. Wimbledon is a Suburb of London, part of the London Borough of Merton and located south west of Charing Cross. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. A keen amateur astronomer with a particular interest in the Sun, Lockyer eventually became director of the solar physics observatory in Kensington London. Amateur astronomy, a subset of Astronomy, is a Hobby whose participants enjoy studying and observing celestial objects The Sun (Sol is the Star at the center of the Solar System. Kensington is a district of West London, England within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, located west of Charing Cross.

In the 1860s Lockyer became fascinated by electromagnetic spectroscopy as an analytical tool for determining the composition of heavenly bodies. Events and trends Technology The First Transcontinental Railroad in the USA was completed in 1869 Electromagnetic spectroscopy is the Spectroscopy of electromagnetic spectra which arise out of Atoms absorbing and emitting quanta of Electromagnetic During the solar eclipse of October, 1868, Lockyer observed a prominent yellow line from a spectrum taken near the edge of the Sun. With a wavelength of about 588 nm, slightly less than the so-called "D" lines of sodium. the line could not be explained as due to any material known at the time, and so it was suggested by Lockyer that the yellow line was caused by an unknown solar element. He named this element helium after the Greek word 'Helios' meaning 'sun'. Helium ( He) is a colorless odorless tasteless non-toxic Inert Monatomic Chemical Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly An observation of the new yellow line also was made by Janssen at the same eclipse, and so he and Lockyer usually are awarded joint credit for helium's discovery. Terrestrial helium was found about 10 years later by William Ramsay. Sir William Ramsay (2 October 1852 &ndash 23 July 1916 was a Scottish chemist who discovered the Noble gases and received the Nobel Prize in In his work on the identification of helium, Lockyer collaborated with the noted chemist Edward Frankland. Sir Edward Frankland, KCB, FRS ( January 18, 1825 &ndash August 9, 1899) was a Chemist, one of the foremost [1]

To facilitate the transmission of ideas between scientific disciplines, Lockyer established the general science journal Nature in 1869. Nature is a prominent Scientific journal, first published on 4 November 1869 Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year He remained its editor until shortly before his death.

After his retirement in 1911, Lockyer established an observatory near his home in Salcombe Regis near Sidmouth, Devon. Salcombe Regis is a coastal village in Devon, England, near to Sidmouth. Sidmouth (ˈsɪdməθ is a small town on the English Channel Coast in Devon, South West England. Devon is a large county in the South West of England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, but that is an entirely unofficial name Originally known as the Hill Observatory, the site was renamed the Norman Lockyer Observatory after his death. The Norman Lockyer Observatory and Planetarium ( NLO) is a Planetarium and a Public access optical observatory in East Devon on the For a time the observatory was a part of the University of Exeter, but is now owned by the East Devon District Council, and run by the Norman Lockyer Observatory Society. The University of Exeter (usually abbreviated as Exon for post-nominals) is a University in the South West of The Norman Lockyer Chair in Astrophysics at the University of Exeter is currently held by Professor Tim Naylor, who heads a star formation group there. Astrophysics is the branch of Astronomy that deals with the Physics of the Universe, including the physical properties ( Luminosity, Star Formation is the process by which dense parts of Molecular clouds collapse into a ball of plasma to form a Star.

Lockyer died at his home in Salcombe Regis in 1920, and was buried there in the churchyard of St Peter and St Mary. [2][3]

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References

  1. ^ Hearnshaw, J. B. (1986). The Analysis of Starlight. Cambridge University Press, 84 – 85.  
  2. ^ Jacobson, Walter. Around the Churches of East Devon. Retrieved on 2008-01-30. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain
  3. ^ Edwards, D. L. (1937). "Report of the Proceedings of the Sidmouth, Norman Lockyer Observatory". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 97: 309 – 310.  
  4. ^ Meadows, A. J. (1972). Science and Controversy. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 237.  

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