Lovell

[lov-uhl]

noun

1. Sir Alfred Charles Bernard, 1913–2012, British astronomer.

2. a male given name.

Lovell

/ ˈlʌvəl /

noun

1. Sir Bernard. 1913–2012 English radio astronomer; founder (1951) and director of Jodrell Bank

Example Sentences

Christian Lovell, a cattle rancher in Illinois, said parts of his farm that were lush and grassy when he was a child have now dried up, limiting where his cows can graze.

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The chair of the EA, Alan Lovell, wrote: "Many companies tell us how focussed they are on environmental improvement. But the results are not visible in the data."

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Lovell, who was also part of the Apollo 8 mission, was the first man to go to the Moon twice - but never actually landed.

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Lovell was stabbed in the heart with a knife, with ambulance officers performing open heart surgery on her while her two teenage daughters watched on.

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Lovell commanded Apollo 13 in April 1970, a mission meant to land on the moon that was derailed when an oxygen tank exploded two days after launch.

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