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William Rutter Dawes

1799 - 1868

Born

19 March 1799

Christ's Hospital, London, England

Died

15 February 1868

Haddenham, near Thame, Oxfordshire

Nationality
British
Gender
Male
Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
01/06/1865
Fields of Interest
Astronomy
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

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