William Westwood Lockyer

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gptkbp:instanceOf Astronomer
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_College_London
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:British_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Science
gptkb:University_of_London
gptkb:Royal_Greenwich_Observatory
gptkb:International_Astronomical_Union
gptkbp:awards Royal Medal
gptkbp:born July 17, 1836
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:contribution Spectroscopy
gptkbp:died August 16, 1920
gptkbp:established Helium in the Sun
gptkbp:field Astronomy
gptkbp:founded The_Astronomical_Society_of_London
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William Westwood Lockyer
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:William_Huggins
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Hermann_von_Helmholtz
gptkbp:knownFor Discovery_of_helium
gptkbp:legacy Helium's_name_derived_from_'Helios'
Lockyer's_Law
Lockyer_Crater_on_the_Moon
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:occupation Scientist
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Philosophical_Transactions_of_the_Royal_Society
Nature
gptkbp:researchFocus Astrophysics
Cosmology
Solar physics
gptkbp:servedIn President_of_the_Royal_Astronomical_Society
gptkbp:spouse Mary_Lockyer
gptkbp:wrote The Solar Spectrum
The Origin of the Elements