Sun Dec 9, 2012, 09:21 AM

... and so farewell Sir Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore ...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/dec/09/astronomer-patrick-moore-dies

... astronomer extraordinaire, classic English eccentric and the sartorial industry's worst nightmare!

Funny old duck and well to the right of Genghis Khan (though a better xylophone player than the Mongol warlord, I'm told) but I can forgive a man who calls his cat Ptolemy most things.

Can't help wondering what he's found up there though ...

May he sleep well.

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... and so farewell Sir Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore ... (Original post)	non sociopath skin	Dec 2012	OP
What an institution Sir Patrick was!	longship	Dec 2012	#1
I really enjoyed the Guardian obituary	non sociopath skin	Dec 2012	#2
Gotta love this bit:	muriel_volestrangler	Dec 2012	#3
Yes, I notice that too! Bomb defusing = a rest cure!	LeftishBrit	Dec 2012	#5
RIP	LeftishBrit	Dec 2012	#4

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Sun Dec 9, 2012, 10:57 AM

longship (17,629 posts)

1. What an institution Sir Patrick was!

He brought millions of people to appreciate the stars. He will be missed by many.

R&K

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Sun Dec 9, 2012, 03:58 PM

non sociopath skin (4,572 posts)

2. I really enjoyed the Guardian obituary

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/dec/09/sir-patrick-moore

... a timely reminder that some people truly defy stereotyping.

D'ya know, I think I'd have liked him.

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Sun Dec 9, 2012, 04:36 PM

muriel_volestrangler (65,319 posts)

3. Gotta love this bit:

While he was in hospital after an injury, his heart condition was discovered: he relinquished his commission in 1944 and took up the defusing of bombs.

Because defusing bombs is in no way stressful, or something that could go wrong if your heart plays up ...

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Sun Dec 9, 2012, 06:16 PM

LeftishBrit (29,611 posts)

5. Yes, I notice that too! Bomb defusing = a rest cure!

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Sun Dec 9, 2012, 06:16 PM

LeftishBrit (29,611 posts)

4. RIP

All the great figures of my youth are dying. I was a huge fan of Patrick Moore as a kid, and wanted to become an astronomer, if not an actual spacewoman, when I grew up. I didn't, of course, but I'm still grateful to him for all the inspiration!

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