| Authorised form of name | Dawes; William Rutter (1799 - 1868); astronomer |
| Dates | 1799 - 1868 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Christ's Hospital, London, England |
| Date of birth | 19 March 1799 |
| Place of death | Haddenham, near Thame, Oxfordshire |
| Date of death | 15 February 1868 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Haddenham churchyard, Oxfordshire |
| Research field | Astronomy |
| Activity | Education:
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)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 01/06/1865 |
| Relationships | Son 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 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB; Charterhouse Miscellany |
| Code | NA1247 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1865/03 | Dawes, William Rutter: certificate of election to the Royal Society | 1865 |
| MS/257/2/11 | Letter from William Rutter Dawes, Wateringbury, Maidstone to Edward Sabine | 5 October 1852 |