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Lockyer, Sir Joseph Norman
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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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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Lockyer, Sir Joseph Norman'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/l/lockyer-sir-joseph-norman.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Lockyer, Sir Joseph Norman'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/l/lockyer-sir-joseph-norman.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
