A true gentleman who would reply to every letter he received. *He would even speak to people who looked him up in the local phone directory and called him. *He done so much and inspired so many people into astronomy. *I would put him down in the top ten astronomers of all time. *The caldwell catalogue is named after him.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldwell_catalogue
He apparently had a good sense of humor. *I believe he once tried to get to the BBC studios using nothing but a compass and got lost. *He also took part in some of the BBC TV shows like Morcome and Wise, The goodies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4nq5...e_gdata_player
The list of things Sir Patrick Moore done for Astronomy is endless.
He was a great loss to the education of Astronomy to the masses.
Ian