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Published: 29 August 2012

Bernard Lovell (1913–2012)

Francis Graham Smith¹,
Rodney Davies¹ &
Andrew Lyne¹

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Physicist and radar pioneer who created the famous Jodrell Bank radio telescope.

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Francis Graham Smith, Rodney Davies and Andrew Lyne are emeritus professors of physics at the University of Manchester, UK, and former directors of the Jodrell Bank Observatory (in 1981–88, 1988–97 and 1997–2006, respectively).,
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Correspondence to Francis Graham Smith.

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Smith, F., Davies, R. & Lyne, A. Bernard Lovell (1913–2012). Nature 488, 592 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/488592a

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Published: 29 August 2012
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