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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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    First published in 1962 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1966 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The earth, our home.

    First published in 1957 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: A survey of the moon.

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  • Cover of: The stars above

    First published in 1976 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The southern stars.

    First published in 1972 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Exploring the stars

    First published in 1968 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Atlas of the Universe

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  • Cover of: Patrick Moore: The Autobiography

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  • Cover of: Can You Play Cricket on Mars?: And Other Scientific Questions Answered

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  • Cover of: Exploring maps

    First published in 1967 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The story of man and the stars.

    First published in 1955 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Exploring earth history

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  • Cover of: The true book about man.

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  • Cover of: The solar system.

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  • Cover of: Yearbook of astronomy.

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  • Cover of: Patrick Moore's Pocket guide to the stars and planets.

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  • Cover of: Fireside astronomy: an anecdotal tour through the history and lore of astronomy

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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