Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer KCB FRS 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... Wikipedia
Born: May 17, 1836, Rugby, United Kingdom
Died: August 16, 1920 (age 84 years), Salcombe Regis, United Kingdom
Discovered: Helium
Children: William James Stewart Lockyer
Awards: Rumford Medal (1874) and Janssen Medal (1889)
Partner: Thomazine Mary Lockyer (1903–)
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