Person Dawes; William Rutter (1799 - 1868); astronomer Dawes William Rutter astronomer 1799 - 1868 British Male Christ's Hospital, London, England 19 March 1799 Haddenham, near Thame, Oxfordshire 15 February 1868 Burial: Haddenham churchyard, Oxfordshire

Camden Lodge, near Cranbrooke, Kent (from 1844); Wateringbury, Kent (1850); Hopefield, Haddenham, Buckinghamshire (1857)

Astronomy 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) 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 Fellow 01/06/1865 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB; Charterhouse Miscellany International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 19 Mar 1799 - 15 Feb 1868 NA1247 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 4847c53c-a230-4674-9f6d-b72dd2bf1a19