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{{short description|English astronomer, broadcaster and writer (1923β2012)}} {{Other people}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox scientist | honorific_prefix = Sir | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE|HonFRS|FRAS|size=100%}} | image = Sir Patrick Moore at the opening of the South Downs Planetarium.jpg | image_size = 230 | alt = | caption = Moore in 2002 | birth_name = Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore | birth_date = {{Birth date|1923|03|04|df=yes}}<ref name="whoswho" /> | birth_place = [[Pinner]], Middlesex, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|12|09|1923|03|04|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Selsey]], West Sussex, England | resting_place = [[Chichester]], West Sussex, England | known_for = ''[[The Sky at Night]]'' | awards = {{unbulleted indent list|[[Knight Bachelor]]|[[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]]|[[Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society]]|[[Royal Astronomical Society|Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society]]}} | field = [[Astronomy]] | workplaces = {{hlist|[[Royal Air Force]]|[[BBC]]|[[British Astronomical Association]]}} | module = {{Infobox military person|embed=yes | allegiance = United Kingdom | branch = [[Royal Air Force]] | serviceyears = 1940β45 | rank = [[Pilot officer]] | battles = [[Second World War]]}} }} '''Sir Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore'''{{efn|This British person has the [[Double-barrelled name#British tradition|barrelled surname]] ''Caldwell-Moore'', but is known by the surname ''Moore''.}} ({{IPAc-en|Λ|k|ΙΛ|l|d|w|Ι|l}}; 4 March 1923 β 9 December 2012<ref name="whoswho">{{cite web|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U27965|title=MOORE, Sir Patrick (Alfred) Caldwell|work=Who's Who 2013|publisher=A & C Black|date=2012}}{{subscription required}}</ref>) was an English [[Amateur astronomy|amateur astronomer]] who attained prominence in that field as a writer, researcher, radio commentator and television presenter.<ref name="bbcprofile">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01psbjf/Sir_Patrick_Moore_Astronomer_Broadcaster_and_Eccentric|title=BBC iPlayer β Sir Patrick Moore: Astronomer, Broadcaster and Eccentric|access-date=12 December 2012}}</ref><ref name="bbcbiog">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/skyatnight/patrickmoore.shtml|title=Sir Patrick Moore obituary|access-date=12 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia|author=Melinda C. Shepherd|url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1911288/Sir-Patrick-Moore|title=Sir Patrick Moore (British amateur astronomer, author, and television personality) dies|encyclopedia=Britannica.com|access-date=15 March 2015}}</ref> 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 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 (United Kingdom)|United Country Party]]. He was [[Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom|knighted]] in 2001.
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