It is with great regret that we announce that Sir Bernard Lovell OBE FRS died yesterday 6th August 2012 at the age of 98.
Sir Bernard, Emeritus Professor of Radioastronomy, was the founder and first Director of The University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire.
Born in 1913 in Oldland Common, Gloucestershire, Sir Bernard studied at the University of Bristol before coming to Manchester to work in the Department of Physics in 1936. During the Second World War, Sir Bernard led the team that developed H2S radar, work for which he was later awarded the OBE.
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also ITV NEWS (http://www.itv.com/news/granada/2012-08-07/sir-bernard-lovell-dies-aged-98/)
...and from the BBC:
Astronomer Sir Bernard Lovell dies
Sir Bernard, who was born near Bristol and studied in the city, was the founder of University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank Observatory.
Jodrell Bank and the surrounding Cheshire countryside is dominated by the Lovell Radio Telescope, which was conceived by Sir Bernard.
Professor Brian Cox, who knew Sir Bernard, said he was "an inquisitive scientist all the way".
More: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19164236
...and from The Register:
British radio telescope genius Sir Bernard Lovell dies
Sir Bernard Lovell - the brilliant British physicist whose inventions observed cosmic rays and ended up on the front lines of the Cold War - has died at the age of 98.
Bristol-born Sir Bernard is best-known for establishing the University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank Observatory, whose Lovell radio telescope was used to conduct pioneering research into rays of charged subatomic particles from outer space.
More: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/07/bernard_lovell_dies_telescope_inventor/