Walter Goodacre (1856 – 1 May 1938) was a British businessman and

amateur astronomer Amateur astronomy is a hobby where participants enjoy observing or imaging celestial objects in the sky using the unaided eye, binoculars, or telescopes. Even though scientific research may not be their primary goal, some amateur astronomers m ...

. He was the second Director of the Lunar Section of the

British Astronomical Association The British Astronomical Association (BAA) was formed in 1890 as a national body to support the UK's amateur astronomers. Throughout its history, the BAA has encouraged observers to make scientifically valuable observations, often in collaborati ...

, serving from 1897 to 1937. He acted as the Association's president from 1922 to 1924. In 1910, he published a 77" diameter hand drawn map of the

moon The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It is the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System and the largest and most massive relative to its parent planet, with a diameter about one-quarter that of Earth (comparable to the width of ...

. In 1931, he published a larger book of maps of the moon's surface with descriptions of features. As a businessman, he expanded the family carpet manufacturing business to India and ran the company until his retirement.

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1856 births 1938 deaths 19th-century British astronomers 20th-century British astronomers Fellows of the Royal Astronomical Society Selenographers {{UK-astronomer-stub