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lockyer, sir joseph norman

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Lock·yer   (lŏk'yər)   
British astronomer who founded and was the first editor (1869-1919) of Nature magazine.
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Lockyer, Sir Joseph Norman

British astronomer who in 1868 discovered in the Sun's atmosphere a previously unknown element that he named helium.

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