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Sir Patrick Moore, OBE, CBE, FRS (born March 4, 1923) is an amateur astronomer, member and former president of the British Astronomical Association, author of over 70 books on astronomy, presenter of the long-running BBC series, The Sky at Night, and a well-known and well-loved figure on British television.
Moore was born in Pinner in Middlesex, and grew up in Sussex, where he was educated at home because of poor health. It was during this time that he first developed an interest in astronomy.
During the Second World War, he served as a navigator in RAF Bomber Command. Moore's only known relationship ended when his fiance, a nurse, was killed when a bomb fell on her ambulance.
At the end of the War, Moore continued to observe the Moon using the home-made reflecting telescopeA reflecting telescope reflector is an optical telescope which uses mirrors, rather than lenses, to reflect light. The British scientist Sir Isaac Newton designed the first reflector circa 1670. He designed the reflector in order to solve the problem of c in his garden, eventually leading him to become a specialist in lunarLunar is an adjective that means having to do with or pertaining to the Moon, or to moons in general. Lunar is also the name of a popular series of RPG video games. observation.
In 1957Events January January 2 San Francisco and Los Angeles stock exchanges merge. January 3 Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch January 4 After 69 years the last issue of Colliers magazine is published January 5 Russell Endean becomes t he began presenting the television series that made him famous, and which has appeared every month since, with the exception of JulyJuly is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 31 days. July was renamed for Julius Caesar; previously, it was called Quintilis in Latin, since it was the fifth month in the Roman calendar which started in March. Because of its orig 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co, making him the world's longest running television presenterA television presenter is a British term for a celebrity who is best known for introducing or appearing in television programmes. They will often be known for this alone and have no particular expertise. A television presenter may double as an actor, sing.
In 1959Events January-February January 1 Cultivars of plants named after this date must be named in a modern language, not in Latin. January 1 Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when forces of Fidel Castro advance January 2 CBS Radio cuts four soap operas: Bac, the RussiansRussians Russkie are an ethnic group of East Slavic people, which live primarily in Russia and neighboring countries. Note: often the term Russian is used to refer to any citizen of Russia. In the Russian language there also exists additional recently rev used his charts to correlate their first pictures of the far side of the Moon; he was involved in the lunar mapping used by the NASA Apollo space missions. His TV programme has popularised astronomy in the UK and beyond and, through his writing Patrick Moore has influenced several generations of astronomers.
From 1965– 1968 Patrick Moore was the Director of the Armagh Planetarium .
Moore's reputation for eccentricity stems mainly from his mode of speech, his trademark monocle, and his fondness for the xylophone. He is an accomplished musician and is not averse to performing novelty turns such as at the Royal Variety Performance and appearing in a song-and-dance act in a Morecambe and Wise Christmas spectacular. As a pianist, Patrick Moore once accompanied Albert Einstein playing 'Le Cygne' by Camille Saint-Saëns on the violin. However, no recording of the performance exists.
For a time during the 1970s Moore was the Chairman of the anti-immigration United Country Party. He held this position until the party was absorbed by the New Britain Party in 1980.
Moore received the Klumpke-Roberts Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific in 1978.
In the early 1990s he appeared as the disembodied Gamesmaster in the Channel 4 video game gameshow Gamesmaster.
Patrick Moore has written the occasional science fiction novel. In 1977 he published the first in his Scott Saunders Space Adventure series, aimed primarily at a younger audience (in a similar way to Asimov's Norby series). This series eventually ran to six novels. In 2001, Patrick Moore discussed his Scott Saunders novels in a notable appearance on the Channel 4 comedy programme, The Pooters, which also featured Charlie Skelton and Alan Connor.
In 2001 Patrick Moore received a knighthood from the Queen, became a fellow of the Royal Society and won a BAFTA for his services to television. Asteroid 2602 Moore is named after him.
In July 2004 he was named in the Radio Times list of the top 40 most eccentric TV presenters of all time.
A song composed to accompany a Macromedia Flash animation created by Weebl and Rob Manuel states repeatedly that "Patrick Moore plays the xylophone".
Patrick Moore is also credited among various niches scattered about the Internet with being one of the few men to continue the time-honoured tradition of wearing a monocle.
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