What is recorded here
The public map records this plaque for Sir Norman Lockyer. Its recorded inscription reads: Sir Norman Lockyer, 1836-1920, Astronomer, Physicist, and Founder of Nature, Lived here, 1876-1920.
Sir Norman Lockyer was a prominent astronomer and physicist who discovered helium in the Sun's atmosphere and founded the prestigious scientific journal Nature; he lived at this site from 1876 until his death in 1920.
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