Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Sir_Joseph_Norman_Lockyer

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater	none (largely self-taught)
gptkbp:awardReceived	gptkb:Henry_Draper_Medal gptkb:Royal_Medal gptkb:Rumford_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate	1836-05-17
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Rugby,_Warwickshire,_England
gptkbp:child	gptkb:William_James_Stewart_Lockyer
gptkbp:deathDate	1920-08-16
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Salcombe_Regis,_Devon,_England
gptkbp:discoveredBy	helium (in the Sun's spectrum)
gptkbp:editor	gptkb:Nature
gptkbp:eponymOf	gptkb:Lockyer_Observatory gptkb:crater_Lockyer_(on_Mars) gptkb:crater_Lockyer_(on_the_Moon)
gptkbp:field	gptkb:astronomy physics spectroscopy
gptkbp:honorificPrefix	Sir
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer
gptkbp:knighted	1897
gptkbp:knownFor	founding the journal Nature co-discovering helium
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality	British
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:editor gptkb:scientist astronomer
gptkbp:publishedIn	gptkb:Nature
gptkbp:residence	gptkb:London gptkb:Salcombe_Regis,_Devon
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Mary_Howard gptkb:Winifred_James
gptkbp:title	Sir
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Royal_Astronomer
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6