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Norman Lockyer

1836 - 1920

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Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer (17 May 1836 – 16 August 1920) was an English scientist and astronomer. Along with the French scientist Pierre Janssen, he is credited with discovering the gas helium. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Norman Lockyer has received more than 168,073 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Norman Lockyer is the 163rd most popular astronomer (up from 306th in 2019), the 1,376th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,607th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular British Astronomer.

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  • 56.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Norman Lockyer ranks 163 out of 644. Before him are George Phillips Bond, John Russell Hind, Edward Walter Maunder, James Glaisher, Franz Xaver von Zach, and Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann. After him are Nicole-Reine Lepaute, Williamina Fleming, Harlow Shapley, William Robert Brooks, Luboš Kohoutek, and Hubert Reeves.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1836, Norman Lockyer ranks 25. Before him are Władysław Tarnowski, Jules Joseph Lefebvre, Enomoto Takeaki, Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Jarosław Dąbrowski, and Nicholas of Japan. After him are Theodor Nöldeke, Ronglu, Nikolay Dobrolyubov, Thomas Hill Green, Franz von Lenbach, and Pauline von Metternich. Among people deceased in 1920, Norman Lockyer ranks 36. Before him are Abraham Kuyper, Otto Gross, Lothar von Trotha, Fatali Khan Khoyski, Mikhail Eisenstein, and William Chester Minor. After him are Vladimir Purishkevich, Jacob Schiff, S. Ansky, Joseph Trumpeldor, Alexius Meinong, and Amedee Reyburn.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Norman Lockyer ranks 1,376 out of 8,785. Before him are Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (1854), Mary de Bohun (1369), Rupert Everett (1959), Penda of Mercia (606), Jack Hawkins (1910), and Alan Walker (1997). After him are Guy Pearce (1967), Steven Berkoff (1937), W. T. Stead (1849), John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset (1404), John Newton (1725), and Williamina Fleming (1857).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Norman Lockyer ranks 22. Before him are James Dunlop (1793), Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900), George Biddell Airy (1801), John Russell Hind (1823), Edward Walter Maunder (1851), and James Glaisher (1809). After him are Williamina Fleming (1857), William Robert Brooks (1844), Margaret Burbidge (1919), N. R. Pogson (1829), Edward L. G. Bowell (1943), and Francis Baily (1774).

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