William Rutter Dawes ( 1799 - 1868 )

Birth: Christ's Hospital, London, England (19 March 1799) Death: Haddenham, near Thame, Oxfordshire (15 February 1868) Burial: Haddenham churchyard, Oxfordshire Research Field: 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) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 1/06/1865.