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Bernard Lovell

1913 - 2012

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Sir Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell ( 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bernard Lovell is the 653rd most popular physicist (up from 740th in 2019), the 3,760th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,494th in 2019) and the 73rd most popular British Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Bernard Lovell ranks 653 out of 851. Before him are Joan Feynman, César Lattes, Charles W. Misner, John Polkinghorne, Christian Møller, and Giovanni Giorgi. After him are John Sealy Townsend, William Higinbotham, Edward Condon, Brian Greene, C. V. Boys, and Paul Scherrer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Bernard Lovell ranks 263. Before him are Eugene Lazowski, Patrick Steptoe, Kalpana Datta, Ad Reinhardt, Cornelius Johnson, and Minoru Honda. After him are Malcom McLean, Bahi Ladgham, Annette Rogers, Taos Amrouche, Cyril Toumanoff, and Philip Guston. Among people deceased in 2012, Bernard Lovell ranks 286. Before him are Heino Kruus, Fyodor Khitruk, William Grut, Helga Vlahović, Evelyn Lear, and Davy Jones. After him are Dilhan Eryurt, Juan Pereda, Murray Rose, Victor Mees, Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, and Patrick Moore.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bernard Lovell ranks 3,761 out of 8,785. Before him are John Negroponte (1939), John Wilbye (1574), John Julius Norwich (1929), Anton Lesser (1952), Wilfrid (634), and John Mawe (1764). After him are Michael Hirst (1952), Virginia Wade (1945), Edward Pigott (1753), Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster (1355), Tommy Banks (1929), and Henry Bishop (1786).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United Kingdom

Among physicists born in United Kingdom, Bernard Lovell ranks 73. Before him are Sergey Kapitsa (1928), Michael Berry (1941), John D. Barrow (1952), William Edward Ayrton (1847), James David Forbes (1809), and John Polkinghorne (1930). After him are C. V. Boys (1855), Michael Green (1946), Brandon Carter (1942), Edward Andrade (1887), Francis Hauksbee (1660), and Raymond Gosling (1926).

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