Papers relating to the Norman Lockyer Observatory 1851-1985

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Papers relating to the Norman Lockyer Observatory 1851-1985

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University of Exeter

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Lockyer, Norman, Sir, 1836-1920

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Astronomer. Fellow of the Royal Society. From the description of Papers, ca. 1970-1909. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79980541 ...

Norman Lockyer Observatory

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The Norman Lockyer Observatory was begun by Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer (1836-1920), astronomer, as The Hill Observatory in 1912. Following the completion of building work at the site at Salcombe Regis, near Sidmouth, Devon, solar work commenced in 1913 using the Kensington telescope which had been brought from the observatory in South Kensington. The Observatory was officially established as a charitable trust in 1916, and was renamed in Lockyer's honour in the year after his death b...