Bernard Lovell – SIGNED LETTER 1973
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A fine SIGNED letter from Sir Bernard Lovell to E. Stanley Jones, 96 William Way, Letchworth, Herts dated 4th January 1973, typed on ivory writing paper, headed – ‘Professor of Radio Astronomy and Director of the Experimental Station, Sir Bernard Lovell, OBE, LLD, DSc, FRS’ under a graphic illustration of the Lovell Telescope at the Jodrell Bank Observatory, and additionally, ‘University of Manchester, Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories, Jodrell Bank, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK11 9DN, Telephone: Lower Withington (047 77) 321, Telex 36149, Telegrams: Radastra Macclesfield’ – Lovell’s signature in blue ink, with a central horizontal fold and two vertical folds.
In full: ‘Dear Mr Jones, Thank you for your letter of the 30th December. My own book The Story of Jodrell Bank by Oxford University Press may interest you. This contains in the beginning an elementary account of the development of the subject, and also the detailed story of the problems which beset us when we built the large radio telescope here. You may also be interested in two other books at a fairly elementary level which have both been published by OUP. The book of my Reith Lectures The Individual and the Universe which is available in a paperback, and The Exploration of Outer Space based on some lectures which I gave in the University of Wales several years ago. Another small book published by the Manchester University Press Our Present Knowledge of the Universe is based on four public lectures which I gave here describing the work of this establishment. I hope that in the Autumn of this year OUP will also publish another book of mine dealing with the work of this establishment during the last ten years. I hope this information will be helpful to you. Yours sincerely, ACB Lovell.’
Sir Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell was a British physicist and radio astronomer, best known for founding Jodrell Bank Observatory and leading the construction of its giant radio telescope. Born in 1913, he made major contributions to radar research during World War II and later advanced the study of meteors, galaxies, and space science. Lovell helped establish radio astronomy as a major field and became one of Britain’s most respected scientific figures.
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A fine SIGNED letter from Sir Bernard Lovell to E. Stanley Jones, 96 William Way, Letchworth, Herts dated 4th January 1973, typed on ivory writing paper, headed – ‘Professor of Radio Astronomy and Director of the Experimental Station, Sir Bernard Lovell, OBE, LLD, DSc, FRS’ under a graphic illustration of the Lovell Telescope at the Jodrell Bank Observatory, and additionally, ‘University of Manchester, Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories, Jodrell Bank, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK11 9DN, Telephone: Lower Withington (047 77) 321, Telex 36149, Telegrams: Radastra Macclesfield’ – Lovell’s signature in blue ink, with a central horizontal fold and two vertical folds.
In full: ‘Dear Mr Jones, Thank you for your letter of the 30th December. My own book The Story of Jodrell Bank by Oxford University Press may interest you. This contains in the beginning an elementary account of the development of the subject, and also the detailed story of the problems which beset us when we built the large radio telescope here. You may also be interested in two other books at a fairly elementary level which have both been published by OUP. The book of my Reith Lectures The Individual and the Universe which is available in a paperback, and The Exploration of Outer Space based on some lectures which I gave in the University of Wales several years ago. Another small book published by the Manchester University Press Our Present Knowledge of the Universe is based on four public lectures which I gave here describing the work of this establishment. I hope that in the Autumn of this year OUP will also publish another book of mine dealing with the work of this establishment during the last ten years. I hope this information will be helpful to you. Yours sincerely, ACB Lovell.’
Sir Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell was a British physicist and radio astronomer, best known for founding Jodrell Bank Observatory and leading the construction of its giant radio telescope. Born in 1913, he made major contributions to radar research during World War II and later advanced the study of meteors, galaxies, and space science. Lovell helped establish radio astronomy as a major field and became one of Britain’s most respected scientific figures.
