Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Sir (Alfred Charles) Bernard Lovell NPG x127709

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Edward Barber

Radio astronomer, Lovell studied physics at the University of Bristol. During World War II he worked for the Telecommunications Research Establishment where he developed new radar technology for military aircraft. Following the war, Lovell invented the then-largest steerable radio telescope in the world. He was knighted in 1961 in recognition of his work in the field of radio astronomy. His publications include Science and Civilisation (1939) and Astronomer by Chance (1990).

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.