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Sir Bernard Lovell feared 'poisoning to remove memories'

The publication of Sir Bernard Lovell's diaries has shown how intelligence services feared he was poisoned to "remove memories" of a Soviet trip.
The astronomer, who founded Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire, made a visit to the former USSR in 1963.
The scientist "became mysteriously ill" after the trip, which British agents said was due to radiation exposure.
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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 Manchesters Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire.
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Sir Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell (b. 31 August 1913, Oldland Common, Bristol, d. 6 August 2012) OBE, FRS was an English physicist and radio astronomer. He was the first Director of Jodrell Bank Observatory, from 1945 to 1980.
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Sir Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell, OBE, FRS is an English physicist and radio astronomer. He was the first Director of Jodrell Bank Observatory, from 1945 to 1980.
He was born on 31st of August, 1913 in Oldland Common, Bristol.
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Jodrell Bank's creator Sir Bernard Lovell: he knew the future was out of this world

Last week, the world celebrated the accomplishments of Yuri Gagarin who, 50 years ago, became the first human to fly into space. Yet it is also an appropriate time to pay tribute to one of Britain's own heroes of the space age - Sir Bernard Lovell.
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