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Date of Birth
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17-May-1836
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Place of Birth
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Rugby
(United Kingdom, England)
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Nationality
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United Kingdom
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Also know as
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J. Norman Lockyer, Joseph Norman Lockyer, J. Lockyer
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Profession
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Science writer, Astronomer
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Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer, FRS, known simply as Norman Lockyer, 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.
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