Bernard Lovell
English physicist and radio astronomer (1913–2012) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sir Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell OBE FRS (/ˈlʌvəl/ LUV-əl; 31 August 1913 – 6 August 2012) was an English physicist and radio astronomer. He was the first director of Jodrell Bank Observatory, from 1945 to 1980.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
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Born | Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell (1913-08-31)31 August 1913 Oldland Common, Gloucestershire, England |
Died | 6 August 2012(2012-08-06) (aged 98) Swettenham, Cheshire, England |
Alma mater | University of Bristol |
Known for | Radio astronomy |
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Thesis | The electrical conductivity of thin metallic films (1936) |
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