Hence the name may have arrived in England after the Norman Conquest of 1066. The surname may also have derived as a nickname for a man with strikingly glossy black hair or for one with a raucous voice, from the Middle English or the Old French Corbin Corbun, raven. The personal name was recorded as Corbin(us) in the Domesday Book of 1086 in Warwickshire and Kent.
Have you ever wondered what about the other elements in the sun? I hunted up a table (source: NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center) listing the sun's elemental composition, which we know from analysis of its spectral signature. I'm sure you're not surprised that hydrogen is the most abundant element. The sun is constantly fusing hydrogen into helium, but don't expect the ratio of hydrogen to helium to change anytime soon. The sun is 4.5 billion years old and has converted about half of the hydrogen in its core into helium.
Hydrogen: the essentials. Note that while hydrogen is normally shown at the top of the Group 1 elements in the periodic table, the term alkaline metal refers to the Group 1 elements from lithium downwards and not hydrogen. Hydrogen is the lightest element. It is by far the most abundant element in the universe and makes up about about 90% of the universe by weight. It is also the most abundant element in the earth's sun. Hydrogen as water (H 2 O) is absolutely essential to life and it is present in all organic compounds.