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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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    Argaeus mountain rise. It is named after British astronomer William Rutter Dawes. Dawes is circular with a sharp rim that has a slightly flattened oval...
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    Dawes' limit is a formula to express the maximum resolving power of a microscope or telescope. It is so named after its discoverer, William Rutter Dawes...
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  • William Rutter Dawes, born 17 December 1797, baptised 11 February 1798, St Mary, Portsea. He was buried at Portsea, 26 May 1798. William Rutter Dawes...
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  • Sierra Leone, astronomer, and abolitionist William Rutter Dawes (1799–1868), British astronomer William Dawes (abolitionist), American abolitionist and...
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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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    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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    earliest maps of Mars in 1867 from 27 drawings by the English observer William Rutter Dawes. His map was later superseded by those of Giovanni Schiaparelli and...
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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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    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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  • 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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    of British composer Doreen Carwithen (1922–2003). The astronomer William Rutter Dawes (1799–1868) had his home and private observatory in the village from...
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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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  • William Dawes (British Marines officer) (1762–1836), Australian pioneer and scientist William Rutter Dawes (1799–1868), British astronomer Zach Dawes...
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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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    married Mary Egerton. After Scott's death, Mary married astronomer William Rutter Dawes in 1824. His eldest son John Scott (1777–1834) edited and published...
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  • Humphry Davy (1778–1829) WGPSN Dawes 17°13′N 26°20′E / 17.21°N 26.34°E / 17.21; 26.34 (Dawes) 17.6 1935 William Rutter Dawes (1799–1868) WGPSN Dawson 66°59′S...
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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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    named after William R. Dawes, a British astronomer (1799–1868) who was ahead of his time in believing that Mars only had a thin atmosphere. Dawes presumed...
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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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  • Daubrée Humphry Davy William Rutter Dawes Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre Charles-Eugène Delaunay Joseph-Nicolas Delisle William Frederick Denning René...
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    the universe. The atlas served as a model for the star charts of William Rutter Dawes published in 1844. Pardies died of fever contracted whilst ministering...
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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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    2 2006 Merton Davies WGPSN Dawes 9°18′S 322°00′W / 9.3°S 322.0°W / -9.3; -322.0 (Dawes) 191.0 1973 William Rutter Dawes WGPSN de Vaucouleurs 13°30′S...
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    equipped with a 7-inch (180 mm) Dollond refractor. The Reverend William Rutter Dawes conducted his noted investigations of double stars at the observatory...
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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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    repaired, along with other additions and fixings. The astronomer William Rutter Dawes is buried in the churchyard. Episodes of the murder mystery television...
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    Dieppe Raid (redirect from Operation Rutter)
    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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  • May 1829, PRS 1820-1827 Geoffrey Sharman Dawes 1971-03-18 21 January 1918 – 6 May 1996 William Rutter Dawes 1865-06-01 20 March 1799 – 15 February 1868...
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  • Chinese-American Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky 1945 Russian-Swiss John Rutter 1945 British Alexey Rybnikov 1945 Russian Avi Schönfeld 1945 Dutch-Israeli...
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