Bio:V. A. Firsoff

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britastro.org: "I knew V.A. Firsoff slightly. Contrary to published Obituaries, he was born in the Ukraine. His family moved to Poland after the Russian Revolution and he grew up in the Tatra mountains and later studied English, Philosophy and Astronomy at Krakow University. After briefly working as a professional astronomer in Sweden, he came to live in England at the outbreak of WW2, making a living by translating patents and writing popular books about politics, military skiing, travel, and - finally - Astronomy, moving first to Scotland, and later to Glastonbury. In his later works Firsoff became more controversial, but his writing is always interesting. I owe my early interest in Mercury, Venus and Mars to his little paperbacks."--Dirk P Broer 10:48, 19 November 2016 (UTC)