Definitions of Reflexivity

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I have met reflexive with two definitions:

  1. If $A$ is a normed space, then $A$ is reflexive whenever $A=A^{**}$.

  2. An operator algebra $A$ is reflexive if the algebra can be recovered from its invariant subspace lattice $L = Lat(A)$ as the set $Alg(L)$ of all operators leaving each subspace invariant.

I'm confused. Is there any relation between two definitions?