English astronomer, broadcaster and writer (1923?2012)
Sir Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore
CBE
HonFRS
FRAS
[a]
(
; 4 March 1923 ? 9 December 2012
[1]
) was an English
amateur astronomer
who attained prominence in that field as a writer, researcher, radio commentator and television presenter.
[2]
[3]
[4]
He was also a minor politician.
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. Renowned for his expertise in Moon observation and the creation of the
Caldwell catalogue
, Moore authored more than seventy astronomy books. He hosted the world's longest-running television series with the original presenter,
BBC
's
The Sky at Night
, from 1957 until his death in 2012. Idiosyncrasies such as his rapid diction and
monocle
made him a popular and instantly recognisable figure on British television. Moore was also co-founder and president of the
Society for Popular Astronomy
.
Outside his field of astronomy, Moore appeared in the video game television show
GamesMaster
. Moore was also a self-taught
xylophonist
and pianist, as well as an accomplished composer. He was an amateur cricketer, golfer and chess player. In addition to many
popular science
books, he wrote numerous works of fiction. He was an opponent of
fox hunting
, an outspoken critic of the
European Union
and a supporter of the
UK Independence Party
, and he served as chairman of the short-lived anti-immigration
United Country Party
. He was
knighted
in 2001.
Early life
[
edit
]
Moore was born in
Pinner
,
Middlesex
, on 4 March 1923
[5]
to Capt. Charles Trachsel Caldwell-Moore
MC
(died 1947)
[6]
and Gertrude (nee White) (died 1981).
[6]
His family moved to
Bognor Regis
, and subsequently to
East Grinstead
where he spent his childhood. His youth was marked by heart problems, which left him in poor health and he was educated at home by private tutors.
[5]
[7]
He developed an interest in astronomy at the age of six
[8]
and joined the
British Astronomical Association
at the age of 11.
[9]
He was invited to run a small observatory in East Grinstead at the age of 14, after his mentor,
William Sadler Franks
? who ran the observatory ? was killed in a road accident.
[10]
At the age of 16 he began wearing a
monocle
after an
oculist
told him his right eye was weaker than his left.
[11]
During
World War II
, Moore joined the
Home Guard
in East Grinstead where his father had been elected
platoon
commander.
[12]
Records show that he enlisted in the
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
in December 1941 at age 18 and was not called up for service until July 1942 as an
Aircraftman
, 2nd Class.
[13]
After basic training at various RAF bases in England, he went to Canada under the
British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
and completed training at
RAF Moncton
in
New Brunswick
as a navigator and pilot.
[14]
Returning to England in June 1944, he was commissioned as a
pilot officer
[15]
and was posted to RAF
Millom
in
Cumberland
, where he claimed to have been a navigator in the crew of a
Vickers Wellington
bomber, engaged in
maritime patrolling
and bombing missions to mainland Europe,
[16]
though in fact he was still in training at Millom and was only posted to
Bomber Command
five days before the end of the war in Europe.
[17]
After the end of hostilities, Moore became an
adjutant
and then an Area Meteorological Officer, demobilising in October 1945 with the rank of
flying officer
.
[18]
Career in astronomy
[
edit
]
After the war, Moore rejected a grant to study at the
University of Cambridge
, citing a wish to "stand on my own two feet".
[9]
He wrote his first book,
Guide to the Moon
(later retitled
Patrick Moore on the Moon
) in 1952, and it was published a year later.
[9]
He was a teacher in
Woking
and at
Holmewood House School
in
Langton Green
[19]
in Kent from 1945 to 1953.
[20]
His second book was a translation of a work of French astronomer
Gerard de Vaucouleurs
(Moore spoke fluent French).
[21]
After his second original science book,
Guide to the Planets
, he wrote his first work of fiction,
The Master of the Moon
,
[22]
the first of numerous
young adult fiction
space adventure books (including the late 1970s series the
Scott Saunders Space Adventure
); he wrote a more adult novel and a
farce
titled
Ancient Lights
, though he did not wish either to be published.
[23]
Moore also translated the book
Quanta
by J Lochak and Andrade E Silva, published in 1969, from the French.
While teaching at Holmewood he set up a 12½ inch
reflector telescope
at his home, which he kept into his old age.
[10]
He developed a particular interest in the
far side of the Moon
, a small part of which is visible from Earth as a result of the Moon's
libration
; the Moon was his specialist subject throughout his life.
[10]
Moore described the short-lived glowing areas on the lunar surface, and gave them the name
transient lunar phenomena
in 1968.
[24]
His first television appearance was in a debate about the existence of
flying saucers
following a spate of reported
sightings
in the 1950s; Moore argued against
Lord Dowding
and other UFO proponents.
[25]
He was invited to present a live astronomy programme and said the greatest difficulty was finding an appropriate theme tune; the opening of
Jean Sibelius
's
Pelleas et Melisande
was chosen and used throughout the programme's existence.
[26]
The programme was originally named
Star Map
before
The Sky at Night
was chosen in the
Radio Times
.
[26]
On 24 April 1957, at 10:30 pm, Moore presented the first episode about the
Comet Arend?Roland
.
[26]
The programme was pitched to casual viewers up to professional astronomers, in a format which remained consistent from its inception.
[27]
Moore presented every monthly episode except for one in July 2004 when he suffered a near-fatal bout of
food poisoning
caused by eating a contaminated goose egg and was replaced for that episode by
Chris Lintott
.
[28]
Moore appears in the
Guinness World Records
book as the world's longest-serving TV presenter having presented the programme since 1957. From 2004 to 2012, the programme was broadcast from Moore's home, when
arthritis
prevented him from travelling to the studios. Over the years he received many lucrative offers to take his programme onto other networks, but rejected them because he held a '
gentlemen's agreement
' with the BBC.
[29]
In 1959 the Russians allowed Moore to be the first Westerner to see the photographic results of the
Luna 3
probe, and to show them live on air.
[30]
Less successful was the transmission of the
Luna 4
probe, which ran into technical difficulties and around this time Moore famously swallowed a large fly; both episodes were live and Moore had to continue regardless.
[31]
He was invited to visit the
Soviet Union
, where he met
Yuri Gagarin
, the first man to journey into
outer space
.
[32]
For the fiftieth episode of
The Sky at Night
, in September 1961, Moore's attempt to be the first to broadcast a live direct telescopic view of a planet resulted in another unintended 'comedy episode', as cloud obscured the sky.
[33]
In 1965, he was appointed director of the newly constructed
Armagh Planetarium
in
Northern Ireland
, a post he held until 1968.
[34]
His stay outside England was short partly because of the beginning of
The Troubles
, a dispute Moore wanted no involvement in.
[35]
He was appointed
Armagh County
secretary of the
Scout
movement, but resigned after being informed that Catholics could not be admitted.
[36]
In developing the Planetarium, Moore travelled to Japan to secure a
Goto Mars projector
.
[37]
He helped with the redevelopment of the
Birr Telescope
in the Republic of Ireland.
[38]
He was a key figure in the development of the
Herschel Museum of Astronomy
in
Bath
.
[39]
In June 1968 he returned to England, settling in Selsey after resigning his post in Armagh.
[40]
During the NASA Apollo programme, presenting on the
Apollo 8
mission, he declared that "this is one of the great moments of human history", only to have his broadcast interrupted by the children's programme
Jackanory
.
[41]
He was a presenter for the
Apollo 9
and
Apollo 10
missions, and a commenter, with
Cliff Michelmore
and
James Burke
, for
BBC television's coverage of the Moon landing
missions.
[41]
Moore could not remember his words at the "
Eagle has landed
" moment, and the BBC has lost the tapes of the broadcast.
[42]
A homemade recording reveals that the studio team was very quiet during the landing sequence, leaving the NASA commentary clear of interruptions. Some 14 seconds after "contact" Burke says "They've touched". At 36 seconds he says "Eagle has landed". Between 53 and 62 seconds he explains the upcoming stay/no-stay decision and NASA announces the T1 stay at 90 seconds after contact. At 100 seconds the recorded sequence ends. Thus any real-time comment Moore made was not broadcast live and the recording ends before Burke polls the studio team for comment and reaction. Moore participated in TV coverage of
Apollo missions
12
to
17
.
[43]
"Patrick was the last of a lost generation, a true gentleman, the most generous in nature that I ever knew, and an inspiration to thousands in his personal life, and to millions through his 50 years of unique broadcasting. It's no exaggeration to say that Patrick, in his tireless and ebullient communication of the magic of astronomy, inspired every British astronomer, amateur and professional, for half a century. There will never be another Patrick Moore. But we were lucky enough to get one."
?
Brian May
, speaking shortly after Moore's death
[44]
He was elected a member of the
International Astronomical Union
in 1966;
[45]
[46]
having twice edited the Union's General Assembly newsletters.
[47]
He attempted to establish an International Union of Amateur Astronomers, which failed due to lack of interest.
[48]
During the 1970s and 80s, he reported on the
Voyager
and
Pioneer programs
, often from
NASA
headquarters.
[49]
At this time he became increasingly annoyed by
conspiracy theorists
and reporters who asked him questions such as "Why waste money on space research when there is so much to be done here?". He said that when asked these type of questions "I know that I'm dealing with an idiot."
[50]
Another question that annoyed him was "what is the difference between
astronomy
and
astrology
?"
[51]
Despite this he made a point of responding to all letters delivered to his house, and sent a variety of standard replies to letters asking basic questions, as well as those from conspiracy theorists, proponents of hunting and '
cranks
'.
[52]
Despite his fame, his telephone number was always listed in the telephone directory and he was happy to show members of the public his observatory.
[53]
He compiled the
Caldwell catalogue
,
[b]
of 109
star clusters
, nebulae, and galaxies for observation by amateur astronomers.
[54]
In 1982,
asteroid
2602 Moore
was named in his honour.
[55]
In February 1986 he presented a special episode of
The Sky at Night
on the approach of
Halley's Comet
, though he later said the BBC's better-funded
Horizon
team "made a complete hash of the programme."
[56]
In January 1998,
a tornado
destroyed part of Moore's garden observatory; it was subsequently rebuilt.
[57]
Moore campaigned unsuccessfully against the closure of the
Royal Observatory, Greenwich
in 1998.
[58]
Among Moore's favourite episodes of
The Sky at Night
were those that dealt with
eclipses
, and he said "there is nothing in nature to match the glory of a
total eclipse of the Sun
."
[59]
Moore was a BBC presenter for the
total eclipse in England in 1999
, though the view he and his team had from
Cornwall
was obscured by cloud.
[60]
Moore was the patron of the
South Downs Planetarium and Science Centre
, and he attended its official opening in 2001.
[61]
On 1 April 2007, a 50th anniversary semi-spoof edition of the programme was broadcast on
BBC One
, with Moore depicted as a
Time Lord
and featured special guests, amateur astronomers
Jon Culshaw
(impersonating Moore presenting the first
The Sky at Night
) and
Brian May
. On 6 May 2007, a special edition of
The Sky at Night
was broadcast on BBC One, to commemorate the programme's 50th anniversary, with a party in Moore's garden at Selsey, attended by amateur and professional astronomers. Moore celebrated the record-breaking 700th episode of
The Sky at Night
at his home in Sussex on 6 March 2011. He presented with the help of special guests
Professor Brian Cox
, Jon Culshaw and
Lord Rees
, the
Astronomer Royal
.
[62]
It was reported in January 2012 that because of arthritis and the effects of an old spinal injury he was no longer able to operate a telescope. However, he was still able to present
The Sky at Night
from his home.
[63]
Activism and political beliefs
[
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]
Moore briefly supported the
Liberal Party
in the 1950s, though later condemned the
Liberal Democrats
, saying he believed they could alter their position radically and that they "would happily join up with the
BNP
or the
Socialist Workers Party
... if [by doing so] they could win a few extra votes."
[64]
In the 1970s, he was chairman of the anti-immigration
United Country Party
, a position he held until the party was absorbed by the
New Britain Party
in 1980. He campaigned for the politician Edmund Iremonger at the
1979 general election
, as the two men agreed the French and Germans were not to be trusted.
[65]
Iremonger and Moore gave up political campaigning after deciding they were
Thatcherites
.
[65]
He also admired the
Official Monster Raving Loony Party
and was briefly their financial adviser.
[66]
A
Eurosceptic
, he was a supporter and patron of the
UK Independence Party
,
[67]
and campaigned on behalf of Douglas Denny, the UKIP candidate for the
Chichester constituency
in
2001
.
[64]
Moore was known for his
conservative
political views. Proudly
declaring himself to be English
(rather than British) with "not the slightest wish to integrate with anybody",
[66]
he stated his admiration for British politician
Enoch Powell
.
[68]
Moore devoted an entire chapter ("The Weak Arm of the Law") of his autobiography to denouncing modern British society, particularly "motorist-hunting" policemen, sentencing policy, the
Race Relations Act
,
Sex Discrimination Act
and the "
Thought Police
/
Politically Correct
Brigade
".
[69]
He wrote that "homosexuals are mainly responsible for the spreading of
AIDS
(the
Garden of Eden
is home of
Adam and Eve
, not
Adam and Steve
)".
[70]
In 2007, in an interview with
Radio Times
, he said the BBC was being "ruined by women", commenting that: "The trouble is that the BBC now is run by women and it shows: soap operas, cooking, quizzes,
kitchen-sink plays
. You wouldn't have had that in the golden days." In response, a BBC spokeswoman described Moore as being one of TV's best-loved figures and remarked that his "forthright" views were "what we all love about him".
[71]
During his June 2002 appearance on
Room 101
he banished female newsreaders into Room 101.
[72]
I may be accused of being a dinosaur, but I would remind you that dinosaurs ruled the Earth for a very long time.
He wrote in his autobiography that
Liechtenstein
? a
constitutional monarchy
headed by a prince ? had the best political system in the world.
[74]
Moore was a critic of the
Iraq War
,
[75]
and said "the world was a safer place when
Ronald Reagan
was in the White House".
[76]
Moore cited his opposition to
fox hunting
,
blood sports
and
capital punishment
to rebut claims that he had ultra right-wing views.
[66]
[77]
Though not a vegetarian, he held "a deep contempt for people who go out to kill merely to amuse themselves."
[78]
He was an animal lover, supporting many animal welfare charities (particularly
Cats Protection
). He had a particular affinity for cats and stated that "a catless house is a soulless house".
[79]
Moore was opposed to astronomy being taught in schools. In an interview he said:
You see, anyone who is interested in astronomy will gravitate to it, as I did. If you start teaching it as a school subject, it's going to be taught badly, like everything else these days, and enthusiasm is going to be killed.
[80]
Other interests and popular culture
[
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]
Because of his long-running television career and eccentric demeanour, Moore was widely recognised and became a popular public figure. In 1976 it was used to good effect for an
April Fools' Day
spoof on
BBC Radio 2
, when
Moore announced a once-in-a-lifetime astronomical event
that meant that if listeners could jump at that exact moment, 9.47 a.m. they would experience a temporary sensation of
weightlessness
.
[81]
The BBC received many telephone calls from listeners alleging they experienced the sensation.
[81]
He was a key figure in the establishment of the
International Birdman
event in
Bognor Regis
, which was initially held in Selsey.
[82]
Moore appeared in other television and radio shows, including the
BBC Radio 4
panel show
Just a Minute
. From 1992 until 1998, he played the role of
GamesMaster
, a character who knew everything about video games, in the
Channel 4
television series
GamesMaster
.
[83]
GamesMaster would issue video game challenges and answered questions about cheats and tips. The show's host,
Dominik Diamond
, said that Moore did not understand anything he said on the show, but recorded his contributions in single takes.
[84]
Moore was a keen amateur actor, appearing in local plays.
[85]
He appeared in self-parodying roles, in several episodes of
The Goodies
and on the
Morecambe and Wise
show, and broadcast with
Kenneth Horne
only a few days before Horne's death.
[86]
He had a minor role in the fourth radio series of
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
, and a lead role in the
BBC Radio 1
sci-fi play,
Independence Day UK
in which amongst other things, Moore fills in as a navigator.
[87]
Among other shows, he appeared in
It's a Celebrity Knockout
,
Blankety Blank
and
Face the Music
, and in the
Q.E.D.
episode "Round Britain Whizz".
[88]
Moore expressed appreciation for the
science fiction
television series
Doctor Who
and
Star Trek
, but stated that he had stopped watching when "they went
PC
- making women commanders, that kind of thing".
[89]
Despite this he made a
cameo appearance
in the
Doctor Who
episode "
The Eleventh Hour
" in 2010, which was
Matt Smith
's debut as the
Eleventh Doctor
.
[90]
In the 1960s, Moore had been approached by the
Doctor Who
story editor
Gerry Davis
to act as a scientific advisor on the series to help with the accuracy of stories, a position ultimately taken by
Kit Pedler
.
[91]
A keen amateur chess player, Moore carried a pocket set and was vice president of Sussex Junior Chess Association.
[92]
In 2003, he presented Sussex Junior
David Howell
with the best young chess player award on
Carlton Television
's
Britain's Brilliant Prodigies
show. Moore had represented Sussex in his youth.
[32]
Moore was an enthusiastic amateur cricketer, playing for the Selsey Cricket Club well into his seventies.
[93]
He played for the
Lord's Taverners
, a cricketing charity team, as a bowler with an unorthodox action. Though an accomplished
leg spin
bowler
, he was a
number 11 batsman
and a poor
fielder
.
[94]
The jacket notes to his book "Suns, Myths and Men" (1968) said his hobbies included "chess, which he plays with a peculiar leg-spin, and cricket." He played golf, and won a Pro-Am competition in
Southampton
in 1975.
[95]
Until forced to give up because of
arthritis
, Moore was a keen
pianist
and accomplished
xylophone
player, having first played the instrument at the age of 13.
[96]
He composed a substantial corpus of works, including two
operettas
.
[97]
Moore had a ballet,
Lyra's Dream
, written to his music. He performed at a
Royal Command Performance
, and performed a duet with
Evelyn Glennie
.
[98]
In 1998, as
a guest
on
Have I Got News for You
,
he accompanied the show's closing theme tune on the xylophone and as a pianist, he once accompanied
Albert Einstein
playing
The Swan
by
Camille Saint-Saens
on the violin (no recording was made).
[99]
In 1981 he performed a solo xylophone rendition of the
Sex Pistols
' "
Anarchy in the U.K.
" in a
Royal Variety Performance
.
[100]
He did not enjoy most popular music: when played ten modern
rock
songs by such artists as
Hawkwind
,
Muse
and
Pink Floyd
, in a 2009 interview with journalist
Joel McIver
, he explained, "To my ear, all these songs are universally awful."
[101]
Before encountering health problems he was an extensive traveller, and had visited all seven continents, including
Antarctica
; he said his favourite two countries were
Iceland
and Norway.
[102]
On 7 March 2006 he was hospitalised and fitted with a
pacemaker
because of
cardiac dysrhythmia
.
[103]
Moore was a friend of the
Queen
guitarist and astrophysicist
Brian May
, who was an occasional guest on
The Sky at Night
.
[105]
May bought Moore's Selsey home in 2008, leasing it back to him for a
peppercorn rent
the same day to provide financial security.
[106]
May, Moore and
Chris Lintott
co-wrote a book
Bang! The Complete History of the Universe
. In February 2011, Moore completed (with Robin Rees and Iain Nicolson) his comprehensive
Patrick Moore's Data Book of Astronomy
for
Cambridge University Press
. In 1986 he was identified as the co-author of a book published in 1954 called
Flying Saucer from Mars
, attributed to
Cedric Allingham
, which was intended as a money-making venture and practical joke on UFO believers;
[107]
Moore never admitted his involvement.
Moore believed himself to be the only person to have met the first aviator,
Orville Wright
, the first man in space,
Yuri Gagarin
, and the first man on the moon,
Neil Armstrong
.
[108]
In March 2015, BBC Radio 4 broadcast a 45-minute play based on the life of Moore,
The Far Side of the Moore
by Sean Grundy, starring
Tom Hollander
as Moore and
Patricia Hodge
as his mother.
[109]
Moore is portrayed by
Daniel Beales
in the
Netflix
series
The Crown
.
[110]
[111]
Honours and appointments
[
edit
]
In 1945, Moore was elected a
Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society
(FRAS), and in 1977 he was awarded the society's
Jackson-Gwilt Medal
. He was also a long-time Fellow of the
British Interplanetary Society
and a member of its Council; he was the founding editor of the Society's monthly magazine
Spaceflight
, first published in 1956, and he made possible the Sir Patrick Moore Medal to recognise outstanding contributions to the Society. In 1968, he was appointed an
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
(OBE) and promoted to a
Commander
(CBE) in 1988. In 1999 he became the Honorary President of the East Sussex Astronomical Society, a position he held until his death. Moore was
knighted
for "services to the popularisation of science and to broadcasting" in the
2001 New Year Honours
.
[112]
In 2001, he was appointed an
Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society
(HonFRS), the only amateur astronomer ever to achieve the distinction.
[113]
In June 2002, he was appointed as the Honorary Vice-president of the
Society for the History of Astronomy
. Also in 2002,
Buzz Aldrin
presented him with a
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
(BAFTA) award for services to television.
[114]
He was patron of
Torquay Boys' Grammar School
in south Devon. Moore had a long association with the
University of Leicester
and its Department of Physics and Astronomy, and was awarded an Honorary
Doctor of Science
(HonDSc) degree in 1996 and a Distinguished Honorary Fellowship in 2008, the highest award that the university can bestow.
[115]
Personal life and death
[
edit
]
World War II had a significant influence on Moore's life ? he said his only romance ended when his fiancee Lorna, a nurse, was killed in London in 1943 by a bomb which struck her ambulance. Moore subsequently remarked that he never married because "there was no one else for me ... second best is no good for me ... I would have liked a wife and family, but it was not to be."
[116]
In his biography of Moore,
Martin Mobberley
expressed doubts over this account, as it was not possible to identify Lorna, saying that Moore told varying stories about her.
[117]
In his autobiography, he said that after 60 years he still thought about her, and because of her death "if I saw the entire German nation sinking into the sea, I could be relied upon to help push it down."
[118]
In May 2012, Moore told the
Radio Times
magazine, "We must take care. There may be another war. The Germans will try again, given another chance." He also said, in the same interview, that "the only good
Kraut
is a dead Kraut".
[119]
Moore said he was "exceptionally close" to his mother Gertrude,
[6]
a talented artist who shared his home at
Selsey
, West Sussex, which was decorated with her paintings of "bogeys" ? little friendly aliens ? that she produced and sent out annually as the Moores' Christmas cards.
[120]
Moore wrote the foreword for his mother's 1974 book,
Mrs Moore in Space
.
[121]
On 9 December 2012, Moore died of sepsis and heart failure,
[122]
at his home in Selsey.
[123]
On 9 December 2014 it was reported that the
Science Museum, London
had acquired a large collection of his objects and manuscripts and memorabilia, including
The Sky at Night
scripts, and about 70 of his observation books, over more than 60 years, and manuscripts for astronomy and fiction books, and a 12.5-inch
reflecting telescope
.
[124]
Bibliography
[
edit
]
Moore wrote many popular books. From 1962 to 2011 he also edited the long-running annual
Yearbook of Astronomy
, He was also editor for many other science books in that period. He also wrote
science fiction
novels for children; and under the pen-name R. T. Fishall, wrote humorous works.
[125]
The list below is therefore not exhaustive.
- A Guide to the Moon
, 1953,
ISBN
978-0-393-06414-8
- Mission to Mars
, 1955
- The Planet Venus
, 1956
- The Voices of Mars
, 1957
- A Guide to the Planets
, 1960,
ISBN
0-393-06319-4
- Stars and Space
, 1960
- A Guide to the Stars
, 1960, Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 60-7584
- Oxford Children's Reference Library Book 2: Exploring the World
, 1966
- The Amateur Astronomer's Glossary
, 1966 (reprinted as
The A-Z of Astronomy
)
- Moon Flight Atlas
, 1969
[126]
- Observer's Book of Astronomy
, 1971,
ISBN
0-7232-1524-3
- Challenge of the Stars
, 1972,
ISBN
0528830457
- Can You Speak Venusian?
, 1972,
ISBN
0-352-39776-4
- How Britain Won the Space Race
, 1972 (with
Desmond Leslie
)
- The Southern Stars
, 1972,
ISBN
0-851-79535-8
- Mastermind
(Book 1), (edited by Boswell Taylor), the sections on Astronomy, 1973, republished 1984,
ISBN
0-907812-64-3
- Watchers of the Stars:The Scientific Revolution
, 1974,
ISBN
0-399-11374-6
- Next Fifty Years in Space
, 1976,
ISBN
0-86002-033-9
- Astronomy Quiz Book
, 1978,
ISBN
0-552-54132-X
- The Scott Saunders series
(six juvenile science fiction novels), late 1970s
- Bureaucrats: How to Annoy Them
(humour) (writing as R.T.Fishall), 1982,
ISBN
0-09-929370-6
- New Observer's Book of Astronomy
, 1983,
ISBN
0-7232-1646-0
- Armchair Astronomy
, 1984,
ISBN
0-85059-718-8
- Travellers in Space and Time
, 1984,
ISBN
0-385-19051-4
- Stargazing: Astronomy Without A Telescope
, 1985,
ISBN
0-906053-92-7
- Explorers of Space
, 1986,
ISBN
0-86134-092-2
- The Astronomy Encyclopaedia
, 1987,
ISBN
0-85533-604-8
- Astronomers' Stars
, 1987,
ISBN
0-393-02663-9
- Television Astronomer: Thirty Years of the "Sky at Night"
, 1987,
ISBN
0-245-54531-X
- Exploring the Night Sky with Binoculars
, 1988,
ISBN
0-521-36866-9
- Space Travel for the Under Tens
, 1988,
ISBN
0-540-01179-7
- The Universe for the Under Tens
, 1990,
ISBN
0-540-01209-2
- Mission to the Planets
, 1991,
ISBN
0-304-34088-X
- New Guide to the Planets
, 1993,
ISBN
0-283-06145-6
- The Sun and the Moon (Starry Sky)
, 1996,
ISBN
0-09-967911-6
- The Guinness Book of Astronomy
, 1995,
ISBN
0-85112-643-X
- The Stars (Starry Sky)
, 1996,
ISBN
0-09-967881-0
- The Sun and the Moon (Starry Sky)
, 1996,
ISBN
0-09-967911-6
- The Planets (Starry Sky)
, 1996,
ISBN
0-09-967891-8
- Eyes on the Universe: Story of the Telescope
, 1997,
ISBN
3-540-76164-0
- Exploring the Earth and Moon
, 1997,
ISBN
1-85361-447-5
- Philip's Guide to Stars and Planets
, 1997,
ISBN
0-540-07235-4
- Brilliant Stars
, 1997,
ISBN
0-304-34972-0
- Patrick Moore on Mars
, 1998,
ISBN
0-304-35069-9
- Patrick Moore's Guide to the 1999 Total Eclipse
, 1999,
ISBN
0-7522-1814-X
- Countdown!, or, How nigh is the end?
, 1999,
ISBN
0-7181-2291-7
- Exploring the Night Sky with Binoculars
, 2000,
ISBN
9780521793902
- The Star of Bethlehem
, 2001,
ISBN
0-9537868-2-X
- 80 Not Out: The Autobiography
, 2003,
ISBN
978-0-7509-4014-6
- 2004 The Yearbook of Astronomy
, 2003,
ISBN
0-333-98941-4
(editor)
- Our Universe: Facts, Figures and Fun
, 2007,
ISBN
1-904332-41-2
- Patrick Moore's Data Book of Astronomy
, 2011, Cambridge University Press,
ISBN
978-0-521-89935-2
and
ISBN
978-1-107-67165-2
See also
[
edit
]
- Jack Horkheimer
, host of the astronomy show
Jack Horkheimer: Star Gazer
(American counterpart)
Notes
[
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]
- ^
This British person has the
barrelled surname
Caldwell-Moore
, but is known by the surname
Moore
.
- ^
Moore used the first of his two surnames,
Caldwell
, to name the list, since the initial of
Moore
is already used for the
Messier catalogue
.
References
[
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]
Citations
[
edit
]
- ^
a
b
"MOORE, Sir Patrick (Alfred) Caldwell"
.
Who's Who 2013
. A & C Black. 2012.
(subscription required)
- ^
"BBC iPlayer ? Sir Patrick Moore: Astronomer, Broadcaster and Eccentric"
. Retrieved
12 December
2012
.
- ^
"Sir Patrick Moore obituary"
. Retrieved
12 December
2012
.
- ^
Melinda C. Shepherd.
"Sir Patrick Moore (British amateur astronomer, author, and television personality) dies"
.
Britannica.com
. Retrieved
15 March
2015
.
- ^
a
b
Moore 2003
, p. 1
- ^
a
b
c
Moore 2003
, p. 4
- ^
May, Alex; Longair, Malcolm (2019).
"Sir Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore, 4 March 1923 ? 9 December 2012"
.
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society
.
67
: 143?152.
doi
:
10.1098/rsbm.2019.0029
.
In press.
- ^
Moore 1997
, p. 1
- ^
a
b
c
Moore 2003
, p. 3
- ^
a
b
c
Moore 2003
, p. 12
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 35
- ^
Mobberley 2013
, p. 21
- ^
Mobberley 2013
, pp. 23?24
- ^
Mobberley 2013
, pp. 30?33
- ^
"No. 36653"
.
The London Gazette
(Supplement). 11 August 1944. pp. 3758?3761.
- ^
Mobberley 2013
, p. 33
- ^
May, Alex; Longair, Malcolm (1 December 2019).
"Sir Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore. 4 March 1923?9 December 2012"
.
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society
.
67
: 143?152.
doi
:
10.1098/rsbm.2019.0029
.
- ^
Mobberley 2013
, p. 39
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 6
- ^
"The teacher who studied the stars went on to have a stellar career".
Kent & Sussex Courier
. No. 27 July 2012 (Tonbridge ed.). p. 44.
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 15
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 16
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 18
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 14
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 21
- ^
a
b
c
Moore 2003
, p. 23
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 24
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 257
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 28
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 39
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 40
- ^
a
b
Moore 2003
, p. 41
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 42
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 54
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 56
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 57
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 58
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 61
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 113
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 62
- ^
a
b
Moore 2003
, p. 67
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 69
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 70
- ^
"Sir Patrick Moore, astronomer and broadcaster, dies aged 89"
.
BBC News
. 9 December 2012
. Retrieved
9 December
2012
.
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 151
- ^
"Individual Membership"
(PDF)
.
International Astronomical Union
. 2011
. Retrieved
29 December
2011
.
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 166
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 154
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 140
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 145
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 155
- ^
Moore 2003
, pp. 189?92
- ^
Moore 2003
, pp. 194?98
- ^
O'Meara 2002
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 101
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 119
- ^
"Town picks up the pieces after tornado"
.
BBC News
. 9 January 1998
. Retrieved
3 April
2007
.
- ^
Moore 2003
, pp. 175?86
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 121
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 139
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 260
- ^
"The Sky at Night"
.
bbc.co.uk
. BBC
. Retrieved
5 December
2016
.
- ^
"Sir Patrick Moore: 'I can't operate my telescope anymore'
"
.
The Daily Telegraph
. London. 24 January 2012.
Archived
from the original on 12 January 2022
. Retrieved
28 January
2012
.
- ^
a
b
Moore 2003
, p. 168
- ^
a
b
Moore 2003
, p. 167
- ^
a
b
c
Moore 2003
, p. 169
- ^
"UKIP Dorset Party Patrons Page"
. Archived from
the original
on 6 February 2007
. Retrieved
8 May
2007
.
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 170
- ^
Moore 2003
, pp. 197?201
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 223
- ^
Adam Sherwin (8 May 2007).
"The BBC is being ruined by women, says Patrick Moore"
.
The Times
. Retrieved
15 March
2015
.
(subscription required)
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 253
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 173
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 171
- ^
"Interviews: Patrick Moore"
.
b3ta
. Retrieved
11 August
2007
.
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 172
- ^
"Patrick Moore attacks hunting law"
.
BBC News
. 11 March 2009
. Retrieved
27 December
2011
.
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 86
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 244
- ^
"Eagle Star Interview: Patrick Moore" in
Eagle
, 27 November 1982.
- ^
a
b
Moore 2003
, p. 252
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 254
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 188
- ^
Gibson, Ellie (31 August 2014).
"GamesMaster: The Inside Story"
.
Eurogamer
. Retrieved
15 March
2015
.
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 246
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 247
- ^
Mobberley 2013
, p. 408
- ^
Mobberley 2013
, pp. 397?411
- ^
"Moore blames women for 'banal' TV"
.
BBC News
. 8 May 2007
. Retrieved
18 August
2015
.
- ^
Martin, Daniel (3 April 2010).
"Doctor Who: Matt Smith's debut in The Eleventh Hour - the verdict"
.
The Guardian
. London
. Retrieved
18 August
2015
.
- ^
Graeme Burk; Robert Smith (2013).
Who's 50: 50 Doctor Who Stories To Watch Before You Die - An Unofficial Companion
. ECW Press. p. 38.
ISBN
978-1770411661
.
- ^
Herbert Scarry.
"Sussex v. Ireland Junior Match 2002"
.
The Irish Chess Union
. Retrieved
17 February
2008
.
- ^
"Sir Patrick Moore: In tune with music of the spheres"
.
The Independent
. London. 30 January 2011.
Archived
from the original on 25 May 2022
. Retrieved
13 October
2010
.
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 78
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 81
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 103
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 108
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 107
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 31
- ^
The Daily Telegraph
? 21 August 1981, pg 21, "Xy-Moore-phone"
- ^
McIver, Joel (29 June 2009).
"Space Rock The Final Frontier: Sir Patrick Moore on Pop"
.
The Quietus
. Retrieved
9 December
2012
.
- ^
Moore 2003
, pp. 202?218
- ^
"Pacemaker for Sir Patrick Moore"
.
BBC News
. 8 March 2006
. Retrieved
25 February
2011
.
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 249
- ^
"Sir Patrick helped by music star"
.
The Argus
. Brighton. 17 December 2012
. Retrieved
15 March
2015
.
- ^
Allan, C. and Campbell, S.
Flying Saucer from Moore's?
,
Magonia
v. 23 (July 1986): pp 15?18
- ^
"Sir Patrick Moore dies aged 89"
.
The Daily Telegraph
. London. 9 December 2012.
Archived
from the original on 12 January 2022
. Retrieved
1 April
2015
.
- ^
"Far Side of the Moore"
.
BBC
. Retrieved
20 June
2015
.
- ^
Morgan, Peter
(2019). "Moondust".
The Crown
. Season 3. Netflix.
- ^
"Apollo 11 first moon landing receives royal treatment in 'The Crown'
"
.
collectSPACE
. 18 November 2019
. Retrieved
18 November
2019
.
- ^
"Knights Batchelor etc"
.
BBC News
. 30 December 2000
. Retrieved
2 March
2009
.
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 258
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 72
- ^
"Patrick Moore"
. Leicester University. 2012.
Archived
from the original on 26 February 2017
. Retrieved
2 April
2015
.
- ^
"Obituary: Patrick Moore"
.
www.bbc.co.uk
. BBC. 9 December 2012
. Retrieved
15 April
2017
.
- ^
Mobberley 2013
, pp. 25?28
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 5
- ^
Furness, Hannah.
"
'The only good Kraut is a dead Kraut,' Sir Patrick Moore says"
.
The Daily Telegraph
.
Archived
from the original on 12 January 2022
. Retrieved
27 December
2015
.
- ^
Moore 2003
, p. 242
- ^
Moore 1974
- ^
May, Alex; Longair, Malcolm (December 2019).
"Sir Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore. 4 March 1923?9 December 2012"
.
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society
.
67
: 143?152.
doi
:
10.1098/rsbm.2019.0029
.
ISSN
0080-4606
.
- ^
"Sir Patrick Moore, astronomer and broadcaster, dies aged 89"
.
BBC News
. 9 December 2012.
- ^
"Sir Patrick Moore archive acquired"
.
BT.com
.
- ^
"Moore, Patrick"
. Worldcat.org
. Retrieved
11 December
2012
.
- ^
Moore, Patrick.
Moon Flight Atlas
Hardcover. 48 pages. SBN 54005064-4. First published in Great Britain in 1969 by George Philip, & Son Ltd. 98 Victoria Road, N.W.10.
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