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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 was president of the British Astronomical Association; co-founder and president of the Society for Popular Astronomy; author of over seventy books on astronomy; and presenter of the world's longest-running television series with the same original presenter, BBC's The Sky at Night (from 1957). He became known as a specialist in Moon observation and for creating the Caldwell catalogue. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Patrick Moore has received more than 716,216 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Patrick Moore is the 328th most popular astronomer (up from 397th in 2019), the 2,759th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,957th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular British Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Patrick Moore ranks 328 out of 532. Before him are Harry Edwin Wood, Zdeňka Vávrová, Paul Götz, Willem Jacob Luyten, Hermann von Struve, and Frank Elmore Ross. After him are Eugene Parker, Kiyotsugu Hirayama, Henri-Alexandre Deslandres, Frank Schlesinger, Charles Wolf, and Catherine Wolfe Bruce.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Patrick Moore ranks 228. Before him are Geoff Duke, Octavio Lepage, Patrick Hillery, Betsy Blair, Harold Gould, and William Windom. After him are Ziba Ganiyeva, Rudolf Augstein, François Cavanna, James Arness, Red Garland, and Morris Halle. Among people deceased in 2012, Patrick Moore ranks 218. Before him are Zakaria Mohieddin, Juan Francisco Lombardo, Hector Bianciotti, William Windom, Sergey Kapitsa, and Emmanuel Scheffer. After him are Włodzimierz Smolarek, John Atta Mills, André Simon, Mike Wallace, Gerry Anderson, and Xenia Stad-de Jong.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Patrick Moore ranks 2,759 out of 6,924. Before him are Bryan Robson (1957), Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (1374), Ashley Young (1985), David Octavius Hill (1802), Carole Pateman (1940), and Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer (1841). After him are Paul Bernays (1888), Kenneth Frampton (1930), William Astbury (1898), Charli XCX (1992), Anthony Caro (1924), and Hugh Bonneville (1963).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Patrick Moore ranks 42. Before him are Cyril Jackson (1903), John Machin (1680), Williamina Fleming (1857), Frank Watson Dyson (1868), Johann von Lamont (1805), and Harry Edwin Wood (1881). After him are James Challis (1803), Brian G. Marsden (1937), Nathaniel Bliss (1700), William Christie (1845), Geoffrey Burbidge (1925), and Jeremiah Horrocks (1618).

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