1836 - 1920
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 156,708 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Norman Lockyer is the 306th most popular astronomer (up from 310th in 2019), the 2,613th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,436th in 2019) and the 39th most popular British Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, Norman Lockyer ranks 306 out of 531. Before him are Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov, Adam Riess, Carl Keenan Seyfert, Marguerite Laugier, Nathaniel Bliss, and Richard Martin West. After him are Giorgio Abetti, Fang Lizhi, Daniel Kirkwood, Johann von Lamont, Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, and Charles Dillon Perrine.
1935 - Present
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 300
1969 - Present
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 301
1911 - 1960
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 302
1896 - 1976
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 303
1700 - 1764
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 304
1941 - Present
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 305
1836 - 1920
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 306
1882 - 1982
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 307
1936 - 2012
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 308
1814 - 1895
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 309
1805 - 1879
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 310
1765 - 1831
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 311
1867 - 1951
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 312
Among people born in 1836, Norman Lockyer ranks 54. Before him are Andrés Avelino Cáceres, Giuseppe Abbati, Alfred Grandidier, Edward Poynter, Walery Antoni Wróblewski, and Ernst von Bergmann. After him are Emil Hartmann, Bret Harte, Ferdinand Monoyer, Robert Swinhoe, Michał Elwiro Andriolli, and Adolf Schwarz. Among people deceased in 1920, Norman Lockyer ranks 74. Before him are Hermann von Struve, John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, Pál Szinyei Merse, Wilhelm Pfeffer, Heinrich Lammasch, and Jaan Poska. After him are Augusto Righi, Alexandru Macedonski, Nasrullah Khan, Edmund Barton, John Gilbert Baker, and Moritz Cantor.
1836 - 1923
HPI: 51.26
Rank: 48
1836 - 1868
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 49
1836 - 1921
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 50
1836 - 1919
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 51
1836 - 1908
HPI: 50.73
Rank: 52
1836 - 1907
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 53
1836 - 1920
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 54
1836 - 1898
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 55
1836 - 1902
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 56
1836 - 1912
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 57
1836 - 1877
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 58
1836 - 1893
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 59
1836 - 1910
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 60
1854 - 1920
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 68
1841 - 1920
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 69
1845 - 1920
HPI: 50.33
Rank: 70
1845 - 1920
HPI: 50.33
Rank: 71
1853 - 1920
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 72
1866 - 1920
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 73
1836 - 1920
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 74
1850 - 1920
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 75
1854 - 1920
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 76
1874 - 1920
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 77
1849 - 1920
HPI: 49.04
Rank: 78
1834 - 1920
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 79
1829 - 1920
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 80
Among people born in United Kingdom, Norman Lockyer ranks 2,613 out of 7,765. Before him are Jeremy Bulloch (1945), Ralph Abercromby (1734), Sergey Kapitsa (1928), Amanda Tapping (1965), Rory McCann (1969), and Harry Seeley (1839). After him are Kathleen Kenyon (1906), Ron Flowers (1934), Alan Young (1919), Edmund Leach (1910), Mary Dyer (1611), and Tony Atkinson (1944).
1945 - 2020
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 2,607
1734 - 1801
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 2,608
1928 - 2012
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 2,609
1965 - Present
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 2,610
1969 - Present
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 2,611
1839 - 1909
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 2,612
1836 - 1920
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 2,613
1906 - 1978
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 2,614
1934 - 2021
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 2,615
1919 - 2016
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 2,616
1910 - 1989
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 2,617
1611 - 1660
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 2,618
1944 - 2017
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 2,619
Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Norman Lockyer ranks 39. Before him are George Mary Searle (1839), David Gill (1843), Robert T. A. Innes (1861), John Machin (1680), Frank Watson Dyson (1868), and Nathaniel Bliss (1700). After him are Johann von Lamont (1805), Richard Christopher Carrington (1826), Cyril Jackson (1903), Brian G. Marsden (1937), Philibert Jacques Melotte (1880), and Sherburne Wesley Burnham (1838).
1839 - 1918
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 33
1843 - 1914
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 34
1861 - 1933
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 35
1680 - 1751
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 36
1868 - 1939
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 37
1700 - 1764
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 38
1836 - 1920
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 39
1805 - 1879
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 40
1826 - 1875
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 41
1903 - 1988
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 42
1937 - 2010
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 43
1880 - 1961
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 44
1838 - 1921
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 45