PATRICK MOORE
Patrick Moore
Partick Moore is certainly the most renowned figure of British Astronomers and must be its most colourful character. As Billy Connely once said "I can't stop looooking at him". His Sky at night programme is now the longest-running TV programme in history - on the air uninterrupted for more than 41 years. Author of over 100 books, Patrick has been involved in mapping the Moon for NASA and the Apollo landings, and is also considered to be a planetary expert. A minor planet (No. 2602) has been named Moore after him.
Born in 1923, he was elected a member of the British Astronomical Association while still a schoolboy. During World War 2 he served with the RAF and is one of the few people who can lay claim to having met both one of the Wright brothers (the first man to fly a plane) and Neil Armstrong (the first man to set foot upon the moon). In 1967 he was awarded the OBE for his services to astronomy, and in 1988 he recieved the CBE. He is currently touring the country spreading his enthusiasm for all things astronomical. When I last saw him he was giving a lecture at Harrogate Theatre about famous eccentric astronomers throughout the ages. He ranked well up there as one of them.
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