Ian Ridpath

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Ian Ridpath
Ridpath in 2015
Born	(1947-05-01) May 1, 1947 (age 77) Ilford, Essex
Occupation	Writer, editor, encyclopedist, broadcaster
Language	English
Notable works	Oxford Dictionary of Astronomy; Norton's Star Atlas; Star Tales
Notable awards	Klumpke-Roberts Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Website
ianridpath.com

Ian William Ridpath (born 1 May 1947, in Ilford, Essex) is an English science writer and broadcaster best known as a popularizer of astronomy and a biographer of constellation history. As a UFO sceptic, he investigated and explained the Rendlesham Forest Incident of December 1980.