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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Joélle Harvey was a luminous Pamina; Josh Lovell a stalwart Tamino, even when the joke was on him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Originally from Suffolk, Lovell moved to Australia in 2011 where she lived with her two daughters and husband.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
The observatory, a Unesco World Heritage Site, is dominated by the enormous Lovell Telescope, a structure that was voted Britain's greatest unsung landmark in 2006.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 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
The flight was Gemini 7, and the prime crew were Frank Borman and Jim Lovell.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
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