Lovell
Americannoun
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Sir Alfred Charles Bernard, 1913–2012, British astronomer.
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a male given name.
noun
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Its chair, Alan Lovell, acknowledged too many water bodies were "still not achieving the standards we want to see", adding that the agency was "transforming our enforcement work" with its largest ever workforce.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
The observatory site, chosen by radio astronomy pioneer Sir Bernard Lovell as research base for the University of Manchester in the 1940s, is a Unesco World Heritage Site.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
A radio telescope like the giant Lovell dish catches radio signals from distant stars, galaxies and planets in space, turning them into pictures and scientific data.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
The area of relatively flat countryside was chosen by pioneering astronomer Sir Bernard Lovell as the perfect place to build an observatory because of its quiet radio environment, far away from interference.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
On their way back from the moon, Jim Lovell said he thought the earth looked like a “grand oasis in the great vastness of space. ”
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
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