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THE death of Sir Norman Lockyer on Monday last deprives the world of a great astronomer, and the nation of a force which it can ill afford to lose. Though it had been known for several months that Sir Norman was in a feeble state of health, his many friends cherished the hope that the vigour which was characteristic of him would revive, and that the devoted attention of his wife and daughter would preserve him o us for a few more years; but this was not to be. The alert mind and acute understanding which influenced so many men and advanced so much scientific work over a period of sixty years or so are now at rest, yet there remains to us a recollection which will not soon be effaced, and there stands in the archives of science a record of his achievement which will command admiration so long as the pursuit of knowledge is regarded as worthy human endeavour.
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Sir Norman Lockyer K.C.B., F.R.S.. Nature 105, 781–784 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/105781a0
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