Bernard Lovell

Sir
Bernard Lovell
OBE FRS
Born
Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell

(1913-08-31)31 August 1913
Oldland Common, Gloucestershire, England
Died6 August 2012(2012-08-06) (aged 98)
Swettenham, Cheshire, England
Alma materUniversity of Bristol
Known forRadio astronomy
Awards
Scientific career
Fields
  • Astronomy
  • physics
Institutions
ThesisThe electrical conductivity of thin metallic films (1936)

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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