Lockyer, Sir Joseph Norman

astronomer, born at Rugby; became clerk in the War Office in 1857, was secretary to the Royal Commi ion on Scientific Instruction in 1870, and was transferred to the Science and Art Department in 1875; he directed Government eclipse expeditions to Sicily, India, Egypt, and the West Indies; in 1860 he became F.R.S., received the Society's Rumford medal in 1874, next year was appointed corresponding Member of the Institute of France and received the Jan en medal in 1891; he was knighted in 1897; he made important discoveries in spectrum analysis, and has written several astronomical works; b . 1836.