Alcock, George Eric Deacon

Alcock, George Eric Deacon
▪ 2001

      British schoolteacher and amateur astronomer (b. Aug. 28, 1912, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, Eng.—d. Dec. 15, 2000, England), was ranked as one of the world's finest amateur astronomers; his 10 major discoveries exceeded the previous record of 8 discoveries made by 18th-century English astronomer Caroline Herschel. Despite the notorious vagaries of English weather, between 1959 and 1991 Alcock was credited with the identification of five novas (exploding stars) and five comets, notably Comet Alcock 1959 IV, Comet Alcock 1959 VI, and 1983 VII IRAS-Araki-Alcock, which he spotted on May 3, 1983, with 15 × 80-power binoculars through his bedroom window. Alcock, an avid stargazer from childhood, was also noted for his prodigious memory of star patterns and his exceptional ability to detect fine detail. He was made an MBE in 1979; in 1987 asteroid 3174 Alcock was named in his honour. A biography, Under an English Heaven: The Life of George Alcock, was published in 1996.

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