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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. He was also a minor politician. Moore's early interest in astronomy led him to join the British Astronomical Association at the age of eleven. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Patrick Moore has received more than 1,143,613 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Patrick Moore is the 449th most popular astronomer (down from 328th in 2019), the 3,851st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,756th in 2019) and the 57th most popular British Astronomer.

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Patrick Moore ranks 449 out of 531. Before him are John Stanley Plaskett, Beatrice Tinsley, Agnes Mary Clerke, Alexander Voeikov, Charlotte Moore Sitterly, and Michel Giacobini. After him are Harold D. Babcock, Takeshi Urata, Stephen P. Synnott, William Frederick Denning, Benjamin Banneker, and Guillermo Haro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Patrick Moore ranks 328. Before him are Helen Murray Free, Piero D'Inzeo, Walter Jens, James Stockdale, Liviu Ciulei, and Mukesh. After him are Ivor Bueb, Wim van der Voort, Carlo Pavesi, Ralph Giordano, Jorge Daponte, and Fats Navarro. Among people deceased in 2012, Patrick Moore ranks 306. Before him are Horst Faas, Leon Schlumpf, Jenni Rivera, Paul Kurtz, Geoffrey Hughes, and Hal David. After him are Hans Nowak, Rufina Gasheva, Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, Takeshi Urata, William Grut, and Art Larsen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Patrick Moore ranks 3,851 out of 7,765. Before him are Alicia Moreau de Justo (1885), Jim Capaldi (1944), Benjamin Robins (1707), Sid Kimpton (1887), Geoffrey Hughes (1944), and Peter Hook (1956). After him are Alma Cogan (1932), Virginia Wade (1945), Ivor Bueb (1923), Alan Clark (1952), Kenneth More (1914), and Lilian Gibbs (1870).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Patrick Moore ranks 57. Before him are Herbert Hall Turner (1861), Ralph Copeland (1837), Edward Pigott (1753), William Rutter Dawes (1799), William Henry Smyth (1788), and Beatrice Tinsley (1941). After him are William Frederick Denning (1848), William Robert Brooks (1844), William de Wiveleslie Abney (1843), Richard A. Proctor (1837), James Challis (1803), and Mary Adela Blagg (1858).

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