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Patrick Moore

Sir Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore was born in Pinner in Middlesex, the child of a Captain and his wife. He was raised in East Grinstead and educated at home due to chronic health problems. He joined the British Astronomical Association at eleven years of age. When he was 14, his mentor at the observatory in East Grinstead was killed, and Moore was asked to run the observatory.

In 1941, he enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. In 1943, while Moore was training abroad, his fiancée was killed by a bomb in London. In 1944, he returned to England, and was posted as the navigator of a Vickers Wellington bomber in Cumbria. After the war, he taught school from 1945-1953. His first book, Guide to the Moon (later retitled Patrick Moore on the Moon), was published in 1953. He wrote and translated several books of astronomy and fiction, including the late 1970s series the Scott Saunders Space Adventure. In the 1957, he began a television show on the BBC network about astronomy, The Sky at Night, which aired monthly until his death in 2012 and made him the longest-serving TV presenter.

Moore was president of the British Astronomical Association, co-founder and president of the Society for Popular Astronomy (SPA), author of over 70 books on astronomy. His specialty was Moon observation.

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English astronomer, broadcaster and writer (1923–2012)

Born 4 March 1923
Died 9 December 2012

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  • Cover of: Legends of the stars

    First published in 1966 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1973 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Mission to the planets: the illustrated story of man's exploration of the solar system

    First published in 1990 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1962 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1980 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1958 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1969 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1968 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1985 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1966 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1974 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1956 — 2 editions
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English astronomer, broadcaster and writer (1923–2012)

Born 4 March 1923
Died 9 December 2012

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Astronomy, Juvenile literature, Popular works, History, Stars, Astronomie, Observers' manuals, Planets, Periodicals, Children's stories, Amateurs' manuals, Space flight, Exploration, Astronomy, observers' manuals, Astronomy, popular works, Cosmology, Astronomers, Astronomy, history, Telescopes, Astronomy, juvenile literature, Constellations, Dictionaries, Handbooks, manuals, Astronomical observatories, Atlases

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Moon, Solar system, Outer space, Mars (Planet), Halley's comet, Earth (Planet), Great Britain, Neptune (Planet), New Zealand, Sun, Venus (Planet), England, Mercury (Planet), Soleil, Southern Africa, Système solaire

People

Isaac Newton (1642-1727), Laurence Parsons Rosse 4th Earl of, Laurence Parsons Rosse Earl of (1840-1908), Patrick Moore, R. L. Austen, William Brendan Parsons Rosse Earl of (1936-), William Herschel Sir (1738-1822), William Parsons Rosse Earl of (1800-1867)

Time

20th century, 1999

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Alternative names

  • Patrick Alfred Moore
  • Sir Patrick Moore
  • Patrick Moore CBE DSc FRAS
  • Moore Patrick
  • Moore, CBE,DSc,FRAS,Sir Patrick
  • Patrick. Moore
  • Patrick Science Fiction) MOORE
  • Patrick (ed.) Moore
  • Moore, Patrick
  • SIR PATRICK MOORE
  • Moore, CBE, DSc, FRAS, Sir Patrick
  • PATRICK MOORE
  • Patrick MOORE
  • patrick moore

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August 18, 2024 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
July 4, 2014 Edited by Sarah Breau Added new photo
July 4, 2014 Edited by Sarah Breau Added bio, added birth date, added death date, removed alternate names