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Bernard Lovell

English physicist and radio astronomer · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists · Lived 1913 to 2012 · aged 98

Sir Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell was an English physicist and radio astronomer. He was the first director of Jodrell Bank Observatory, from 1945 to 1980.

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2012Died6 August 20122009Dalton MedalAward1981Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical SocietyAward1980Benjamin Franklin MedalAward1962Guthrie LectureAward1960Royal MedalAward1954Dennis Gabor Medal and PrizeAward1913Born31 August 1913

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Dalton Medal2009
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society1981
Benjamin Franklin Medal1980
Guthrie Lecture1962
Royal Medal1960
Dennis Gabor Medal and Prize1954
Fellow of the Royal Society
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Knight Bachelor

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United Kingdom
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1913 to 2012 · aged 98

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