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Patrick Moore

1923 - 2012

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Sir Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore (; 4 March 1923 – 9 December 2012) was an English amateur astronomer who attained prominence in that field as a writer, researcher, radio commentator and television presenter. Moore's early interest in astronomy led him to join the British Astronomical Association at the age of 11. He served in the Royal Air Force during World War II and briefly taught before publishing his first book on lunar observation in 1953. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Patrick Moore has received more than 1,215,582 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Patrick Moore is the 490th most popular astronomer (down from 449th in 2019), the 4,162nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,843rd in 2019) and the 58th most popular British Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Patrick Moore ranks 490 out of 644. Before him are Karl Ludwig Littrow, Louise du Pierry, Lipót Schulhof, Robert Julius Trumpler, Fernand Rigaux, and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin. After him are Carlos Torres, Ernest Leonard Johnson, William Wilson Morgan, Yuji Hyakutake, Robert Emden, and Frank Shu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Patrick Moore ranks 375. Before him are Piero D'Inzeo, Vladimír Zábrodský, Paddy Chayefsky, Armand Borel, Cesare Rubini, and The Fabulous Moolah. After him are Giorgio Pellini, Nena, Larry Storch, Tom M. Apostol, Ine Schäffer, and Atilio Cremaschi. Among people deceased in 2012, Patrick Moore ranks 349. Before him are Leon Schlumpf, George Kerr, Jaime Graça, Valeri Vasiliev, Mehdi Hassan, and J. Bernlef. After him are Oswaldo Payá, Clive Dunn, William Grut, Oscar Rossi, Sergey Nikolsky, and András Szente.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Patrick Moore ranks 4,162 out of 8,785. Before him are Samuel Palmer (1805), Dolly Pentreath (1692), Emilia Lanier (1569), Frank Dillane (1991), Maurice Greene (1696), and Steve Hillage (1951). After him are Skin (1967), John Gardner Wilkinson (1797), John Foxx (1948), Herbert Ponting (1870), Myra Hess (1890), and Gavin Harrison (1963).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Patrick Moore ranks 58. Before him are William de Wiveleslie Abney (1843), William Frederick Denning (1848), Edward Pigott (1753), Geoffrey Burbidge (1925), Mary Adela Blagg (1858), and William Henry Smyth (1788). After him are David C. Jewitt (1958), James Challis (1803), William Christie (1845), John Pond (1767), Robert H. McNaught (1956), and Andrew Ainslie Common (1841).

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