Astronomer, born in Oldland Common, Gloucestershire, SWC England, UK. He studied at Bristol, and became professor of radio astronomy at Manchester (195181, then emeritus), and director of Jodrell Bank experimental station (now the Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories). He gave the BBC Reith Lectures in 1958, taking for his subject The Individual and the Universe. He has written several books on radio astronomy and on its relevance to life and civilization today. His works include Radio Astronomy (1951), The Story of Jodrell Bank (1968), Voice of the Universe (1987), and an autobiography, Astronomer by Chance (1990). He was knighted in 1961.
Sir Bernard Lovell|
Image credit: Jodrell Bank, University of Manchester |
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31 August 1913 Oldland Common, Gloucestershire |
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| Occupation | Radio astronomer |
Sir Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell (born 31 August 1913) is a British radio astronomer, director (until 1981) of the Jodrell Bank Observatory.
He attempted to continue cosmic ray work with an ex-military radar unit and following interference from trams on Manchester's Oxford Road moved to Jodrell Bank, near Holmes Chapel in Cheshire, an outpost of the university's botany department.
He was knighted in 1961 for his important contributions to the development of radio astronomy, and has a secondary school named after him in his home village of Oldland Common Bristol.
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