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William Rutter Dawes
A photograph, c. 1863
Born(1799-03-19)19 March 1799
City of London, Great Britain
Died15 February 1868(1868-02-15) (aged 68)
CitizenshipEnglish
AwardsGold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1855)
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy

William Rutter Dawes (19 March 1799 – 15 February 1868) was an English astronomer.

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William Rutter Dawes

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William Rutter Dawes (19 March 1799 – 15 February 1868) was an English astronomer. Dawes was born at Christ's Hospital then in the City of London (it moved...

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Areography

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In particular, Dawes appeared no fewer than six times (Dawes Ocean, Dawes Continent, Dawes Sea, Dawes Strait, Dawes Isle, and Dawes Forked Bay). Even...

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Antares

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James William Grant FRSE while in India on 23 July 1844. It was rediscovered by Ormsby M. Mitchel in 1846 and measured by William Rutter Dawes in April...

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Rings of Saturn

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was discovered in 1850 by William and George Bond, though William R. Dawes and Johann Galle also saw it independently. William Lassell termed it the "Crepe...

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List of astronomers

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Davies (United Kingdom, 1954–) Leonardo da Vinci (Italy, 1452–1519) William Rutter Dawes (United Kingdom, 1799–1868) Bernhard Dawson (Argentina, 1890–1960)...

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Atmosphere of Mars

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clouds" on Mars, which are likely to be dust storm events. In 1864, William Rutter Dawes observed that "the ruddy tint of the planet does not arise from any...

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List of Old Carthusians

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Charles John Cornish (1858–1906), English naturalist and author William Rutter Dawes (1799–1868), astronomer Edward A. Guggenheim (1901–1970), English...

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Wateringbury

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Sir Henry Ruthven Moore, Dame Ellen Terry, Lena, Lady Login and William Rutter Dawes. At the 2001 UK census, the Wateringbury electoral ward had a population...

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Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Sir William Herschel, the first President of the RAS. Silver medalists: Jean-Louis Pons, Charles Rümker Silver medalists: Mark Beaufoy, William Samuel...

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List of people with craters of the Moon named after them

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Daubrée Humphry Davy William Rutter Dawes Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre Charles-Eugène Delaunay Joseph-Nicolas Delisle William Frederick Denning René...

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Classical albedo features on Mars

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who in 1867 created a map (based in part on the observations of William Rutter Dawes) in which several features were given the names of astronomers who...

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Wentworth Erck

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and artist Alvan Clark and formerly owned by British astronomer William Rutter Dawes. Much later he acquired a 38 cm (15-inch) reflector for which he...

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John Millan

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and, after his death, the first wife of astronomer William Rutter Dawes. She is mentioned on Dawes' grave as Mrs Thomas Scott. She died in 1840. Their...

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Dieppe Raid

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be achieved was also in doubt. Rutter was devised to provide the experience that would be needed later in the war. Rutter was a combined operation, involving...

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1985 in music

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trio Einojuhani Rautavaara - Symphony No. 5 Monologue with Angels John Rutter – Requiem Giacinto Scelsi – String Quartet No. 5 Alfred Schnittke Concerto...

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