Background

Lovell, Alfred Charles Bernard was born on August 31, 1913 in Oldland Common, Gloucestershire, England. Son of Gilbert and Emily Laura (Adams) Lovell.

Education

Student, University Bristol. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Edinburgh, 1961. Doctor of Laws, University Edinburgh, Calgary, 1966.

Distinguished Service Cross (honorary), University Leicester, 1961. Distinguished Service Cross, University Leicester, Leeds, 1966. Distinguished Service Cross, University Leicester, Bath, 1967.

Distinguished Service Cross, University Leicester, London, 1967. Distinguished Service Cross, University Leicester, Bristol, 1970. Distinguished Service Cross, University Stirling, 1974.

Distinguished Service Cross, University Surrey, 1975. Doctor of Science, University Surrey, Manchester, 2008.

Career

Assistant Lecturer in Physics, University of Manchester 1936-1939, Lecturer 1945-1947, Senior Lecturer 1947^49, Reader 51, Professor, of Radio Astronomy 1951-1981, Emeritus Professor since 1981. With Telecommunications Research Est. 1939-1945; Founder and Director Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories, Jodrell Bank 1945-1981.

Fellow, Royal Society 1955. Honorary Foreign; President Royal Astronomical Society 1969-1971, British Association 1974-1975. Vice-President Institute Astronomical Union 1970-1976.

Fellow, Royal Swedish Academy 1962, Institute of Electrical Engineers 1967, Institute of Physics 1975. Honorary Freeman City of Manchester 1977, Honorary Doctor of Laws (Edinburgh) 1961, (Calgarv) Honorary Doctor of Science (Leicester) 1961, (Leeds) 1966, (Bath, London) 1967, (Bristol) 1970, Honorary D.Univ. (Stirling) 1974, (Surrey) 1975.

Works

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  • An Introduction to Radio Astronomy

    (Written by two prominent figures in radio astronomy, this...)

  • Voice of the Universe: Building the Jodrell Bank Telescope (Convergence Series)

    (In this volume the creator and director of Jodrell Bank, ...)

  • Voice of the Universe: Building the Jodrell Bank Telescope (Convergence Series)

    (In this volume the creator and director of Jodrell Bank, ...)

  • Echoes From the South. Comprising the Most Important Speeches, Proclamations, and Public Acts Emanating From the South During the Late War

    (Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We h...)

  • The Jodrell Bank Telescopes

    (This firsthand account traces the political and scientifi...)

  • Emerging Cosmology (Path in Psychology)

    (This book examines the treatment of space and narrative i...)

  • An Introduction to Radio Astronomy

    (Radio astronomy uses unique observational techniques and ...)

  • Echoes of War

    (A non fiction story line of how it was lived with emotion...)

  • Out of the Zenith: Jodrell Bank 1957-1970

    (Describes the work leading up to the moments of discovery...)

  • The Relation of the Individual to the Universe

    (This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of th...)

  • Echoes of War: The Story of H2S Radar

    (August 1939 was a time of great flux. The fear of impendi...)

  • The Amritsar Massacre: Twilight of the Raj (Echoes of War)

    (Book by Draper, Alfred)

  • The African Background to Medical Science: Essays on African History, Science & Civilizations

    (Book by Charles S. Finch)

  • Exploration of Space by Radio
  • The individual and the universe (The BBC Reith lectures)
  • Lovell: Our Present Knowledge Universe
  • Lovell: Our Present Knowledge Universe
  • Our Present Knowledge of the Universe
  • Story of Jodrell Bank
  • The story of Jodrell Bank
  • The Story of the Jodrell Bank
  • The origins and international economics of space exploration
  • The origins and international economics of space exploration
  • The origins and international economics of space exploration
  • Out of the Zenith: Jodrell Bank, 1957-1970.
  • SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY (1973) OF LOVELL'S "OUT OF THE ZENITH: JODRELL BANK 1957-1970", FROM AUTHOR TO SIR WILLIAM MCCREA
  • In the Center of Immensities (World Perspectives, Vol. 53)
  • Emerging Cosmology (Path in Psychology) by Lovell (1981-06-22) Hardcover
  • Emerging Cosmology
  • [(Voice of the Universe: Building the Jodrell Bank Telescope )] [Author: Sir Bernard Lovell] [Jul-1987]
  • The Individual and the Universe. The BBC Reith Lectures 1958
  • [(Voice of the Universe: Building the Jodrell Bank Telescope )] [Author: Sir Bernard Lovell] [Jul-1987]

• Other Work

  • Author: Science and Civilization, 1939, World Power Resources and Social Development, 1945, Radio Astronomy, 1952, 1954, The Exploration of Space by Radio, 1957, The Individual and the Universe, 1958, The Exploration of Outer Space, 1962, Discovering the Universe, 1963, Our Present Knowledge of the Universe, 1967. Editor (with T. Morgerison): The Explosion of Science: The Physical Universe, 1967. Editor: The Story of Jodrell Bank, 1968, The Origins and International Economics of Space Exploration, 1973, Out of the Zenith: Jodrell Bank, 1957-1970, 1973, Man's Relation to the Universe75, P.M.S. Blackett - a Biographical Memoir, 1976, In the Center of Immensities, 1978, Emerging Cosmology, 1980, The Jodrell Bank Telescopes, 1984, Voice of the Universe, 1987.Editor: (with Sir Frances Graham Smith) Pathways to the Universe, 1988. Editor: Echoes of War, 1991. Contributor articles to physical and astronomical journals.

Membership

Fellow: Royal Society, Institute Physics, Institution Electrical Engineers (honorary), Royal Swedish Academy. Member: Royal Astronomical Society (president 1970-1971, Gold medal 1981), New York Academy of Sciences 1960 (honorary. Lefe member), American Academy Arts and Sciences 1955 (honorary. Foreign member). Aeronautical Research Council 1955-1958, Science Research Council 1965-1970.

Interests

• Music, gardening, cricket.

Connections

Married Mary Joyce Chesterman Lovell, September 14, 1937.

Father:

Gilbert Lovell

Mother:

Emily Laura (Adams) Lovell

Spouse:

Mary Joyce Chesterman Lovell