Researching Nigel Lockyer
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2290 people with the Lockyer surname? In that year Lockyer was ranked number 1669 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Nigel means "dark" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Nigel Lockyer on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Nigel Lockyer and the Lockyer Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 2776 people with the Lockyer surname in the UK? Lockyer is now ranked number 1921 for popularity in the UK. |
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Some Famous People called Nigel Lockyer
Nigel Lockyer
Nigel Stuart Lockyer is an American experimental particle physicist, serving as the Director of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), in Batavia, Illinois, the leading particle physics laboratory in the United States, since September 2013.
Prior to becoming Fermilab's Director, Lockyer served as Director of TRIUMF, Canada's national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics, from May 2007 to September 2013, and was a Professor of Physics at the University of British Columbia and University of Pennsylvania. He was born in Scotland, raised in Canada, and attended graduate school in the United States.
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