[Omaroo (Chris Malikoff)]

As a teacher, his monotonic voice would put me to sleep in minutes - even if his off-beat sense of humour was firing. He is an interesting fella, but at the end of it I can't see what all the fuss is about. All he did was to adapt an existing style of cannon mount (long tube) to hold another type of long tube - telescope. It's not as though he "invented" anything. He himself made sure that point was understood. I guess the public needs a figure to hold up and admire, and that's OK.

A historical figure worthy of all the adulation? Sorry, but I don't see it. He looks like a nice bloke and great character who has given his time to spread the word - and for that he is always to be rightly remembered.