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Authorised form of nameDawes; William Rutter (1799 - 1868); astronomer
Dates1799 - 1868
NationalityBritish
Place of birthChrist's Hospital, London, England
Date of birth19 March 1799
Place of deathHaddenham, near Thame, Oxfordshire
Date of death15 February 1868
Dates and placesBurial:
Haddenham churchyard, Oxfordshire
Research fieldAstronomy
ActivityEducation:
Charterhouse, Surrey; St Bartholomew's Hospital
Career:
Entered medical practice, Haddenham, Buckinghamshire, then in Liverpool; became an Independent minister; left the ministry; in charge of the observatory of George Bishop (FRS 1848), South Villa, Regent's Park (1839-1844); set up his own observatory at Camden Lodge, Kent; died of apoplexy
Memberships:
FRAS (1830)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election01/06/1865
RelationshipsSon of Mathematical Master, Christ's Hospital.
Married: 1) Mrs Scott (nee Egerton) widow of Thomas Scott, Commentator on the Bible; 2) (1842) widow of John Welsby, solicitor of Ormskirk
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB; Charterhouse Miscellany
Royal Society codeNA1247
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
EC/1865/03Dawes, William Rutter: certificate of election to the Royal Society1865
MS/257/2/11Letter from William Rutter Dawes, Wateringbury, Maidstone to Edward Sabine5 October 1852
HS/6/93Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Camden Lodge23 October 1848
HS/6/110Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Hopefield, Haddenham, Thame17 September 1863
HS/6/76Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Camden Lodge31 October 1846
HS/6/108Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Hopefield, Haddenham, Thame21 January 1863
HS/6/80Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Camden Lodge12 April 1847
HS/6/118Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Hopefield, Haddenham, Thame25 July 1864
HS/6/112Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Hopefield, Haddenham, Thame4 December 1863
HS/6/91Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Camden Lodge5 September 1848
HS/6/89Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Camden Lodge3 February 1848
HS/6/127Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel1851
HS/6/102Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Wateringbury, Maidstone2 January 1855
HS/6/120Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Margaret Brodie Herschel, dated at Hopefield, Haddenham, Thame24 January 1865
HS/6/94Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Camden Lodge16 June 1849
HS/6/83Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Camden Lodge7 October 1847
HS/6/75Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Camden Lodge6 October 1846
HS/6/73Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Camden Lodge31 August 1846
HS/6/84Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Camden Lodge18 October 1847
HS/6/105Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Hopefield, Haddenham, Thame26 December 1860
HS/6/63Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at 9 Park Place, Regents Park11 January 1844
HS/6/86Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Camden Lodge25 November 1847
HS/6/98Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Wateringbury, Maidstone3 February 1852
HS/6/123Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Hopefield, Haddenham, Thame24 November 1866
HS/6/65Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at 9 Park Place, Regents Park25 January 1844
HS/6/126Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Hopefield, Haddenham, Thame8 January 1868
HS/6/67Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Camden Lodge20 July 1844
HS/6/52Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Ormskirk1 May 1833
HS/6/66Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at 9 Park Place, Regents Park21 February 1844
HS/6/55Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Ormskirk14 October 1833
HS/6/59Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Ormskirk9 April 1839
HS/6/72Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Camden Lodge1 April 1846
HS/6/64Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at 9 Park Place, Regents Park13 January 1844
HS/6/107Incomplete letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Margaret Brodie Herschel, dated at Hopefield, Haddenham, Thame6 January 1862
HS/6/50Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Ormskirk4 June 1832
HS/6/106Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Hopefield, Haddenham, Thame14 January 1861
HS/6/113Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Hopefield, Haddenham, Thame12 December 1863
HS/6/116Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Hopefield, Haddenham, Thame20 April 1864
HS/6/97Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Margaret Brodie Herschel, dated at Wateringbury, Maidstone12 December 1851
HS/6/81Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Camden Lodge21 April 1847
HS/6/114Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Hopefield, Haddenham, Thame21 December 1863
HS/6/109Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Hopefield, Haddenham, Thame29 January 1863
HS/6/49Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Ormskirk3 December 1831
HS/6/58Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Manchester1 April 1839
HS/6/60Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Alsop Place Regents Park2 March 1842
HS/6/78Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Camden Lodge18 November 1846
HS/6/88Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Camden Lodge3 January 1848
HS/6/92Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Starfield, Liverpool26 September 1848
HS/6/85Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Camden Lodge10 November 1847
HS/6/70Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at 'Starfield', Liverpool10 October 1845
HS/6/62Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at 9 Park Place, Regents Park10 November 1842
HS/6/117Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Margaret Brodie Herschel, dated at Hopefield, Haddenham, Thame30 May 1864
HS/6/101Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Wateringbury, Maidstone29 December 1854
HS/6/53Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Liverpool14 August 1833
HS/6/96Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Wateringbury, Maidstone27 June 1850
HS/6/61Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Alsop Place, Regents Park16 April 1842
HS/6/51Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Ormskirk30 November 1832
HS/6/87Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Camden Lodge15 December 1847
HS/6/68Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Camden Lodge1 February 1845
HS/6/103Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Wateringbury, Maidstone28 May 1855
HS/6/71Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Camden Lodge23 March 1846
HS/6/90Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Camden Lodge10 June 1848
HS/6/77Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Camden Lodge16 November 1846
HS/6/74Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Camden Lodge25 September 1846
HS/6/82Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Camden Lodge26 April 1847
HS/6/54Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at London22 August 1833
HS/6/56Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Ormskirk11 September 1835
HS/6/111Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Hopefield, Haddenham, Thame21 October 1863
HS/6/79Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Camden Lodge19 November 1846
HS/6/57Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Ormskirk28 December 1836
HS/6/104Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Haddenham, Thame27 May 1857
HS/6/115Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Hopefield, Haddenham, Thame26 February 1864
HS/6/95Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Furze Park Torquay23 November 1849
HS/6/69Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Camden Lodge11 June 1845
HS/6/100Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Wateringbury, Maidstone23 December 1854
HS/6/122Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Hopefield, Haddenham, Thame21 November 1866
HS/19/212Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Frederick William Herschel, dated at Camden Lodge9 June 1845
HS/25/2/5Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Rutter Dawes, dated at Slough1 May 1831
HS/6/99Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Wateringbury, Maidstone7 October 1854
HS/25/2/8Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Rutter Dawes, dated at Slough30 May 1831
HS/22/287Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Rutter Dawes, dated at Collingwood19 November 1846
HS/6/121Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Hopefield, Haddenham, Thame29 September 1865
HS/6/124Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Hopefield, Haddenham, Thame17 December 1867
HS/6/119Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Hopefield, Haddenham, Thame23 September 1864
HS/6/125Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Hopefield, Haddenham, Thame31 December 1867
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