Patrick Moore

thumb|right|More in 2009 Sir Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore (4 March 1923 – 9 December 2012) was an English amateur astronomer who attained prominent status in that field as a writer, researcher, radio commentator and television presenter. Quotes William Herschel was the first man to give a reasonably correct picture of the shape of our star-system or galaxy; he was the best telescope-maker of his time, and possibly the greatest observer who ever lived. As quoted on the official website of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. Nuclear power plants are, next to nuclear warheads themselves, the most dangerous devices that man has ever created. As quoted in Ramez Naam (2013), "The Infinite Resource: The Power of Ideas on a Finite Planet", 978-1611682557 p. 235 I may be accused of being a dinosaur, but I would remind you that dinosaurs ruled the Earth for a very long time. The Autobiography, pg. 173 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. "Eagle Star Interview: Patrick Moore" in Eagle, 27 November 1982. About "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, quoted in "Sir Patrick Moore, astronomer and broadcaster, dies aged 89". BBC News. 9 December 2012. External links Category:Astronomers from England Category:Science authors Category:Novelists from England Category:Science fiction authors from the United Kingdom Category:People from London Category:Television personalities Category:Radio personalities Category:Pianists from England Category:Educators from England Category:Autobiographers from the United Kingdom Category:1923 births Category:2012 deaths