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William Rutter Dawes

1799 - 1868

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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Rutter Dawes has received more than 27,448 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). William Rutter Dawes is the 414th most popular astronomer (up from 440th in 2019), the 3,406th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,746th in 2019) and the 50th most popular British Astronomer.

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  • 27k

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  • 55.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, William Rutter Dawes ranks 414 out of 644. Before him are Otto Heckmann, Hugo Gyldén, Grigory Shajn, Harold Spencer Jones, Harold D. Babcock, and Catherine Cesarsky. After him are Margaret Lindsay Huggins, Giuseppe Asclepi, Shi Shen, Lutz D. Schmadel, Frederik Kaiser, and Aristarkh Belopolsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1799, William Rutter Dawes ranks 49. Before him are Imre Frivaldszky, David Don, Fyodor Bruni, Heinrich von Gagern, Amos Bronson Alcott, and Frederick Catherwood. After him are James Prinsep, Edward Belcher, Henry Monnier, Eliza Acton, George Finlay, and František Čelakovský. Among people deceased in 1868, William Rutter Dawes ranks 53. Before him are Eduard Friedrich Poeppig, Halfdan Kjerulf, José Tadeo Monagas, Black Kettle, James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, and Constantin Negruzzi. After him are Joaquín Suárez, Nestor Kukolnik, Gennaios Kolokotronis, Thaddeus Stevens, Júlia Szendrey, and José María de Achá.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Rutter Dawes ranks 3,406 out of 8,785. Before him are Carlo Acutis (1991), Gwen John (1876), James Thomson (1700), Edward William Lane (1801), Kate Greenaway (1846), and Mike Figgis (1948). After him are Barry Flanagan (1941), Lee Kerslake (1947), Barry Ackroyd (1954), Charles Hutton (1737), Stephen Moyer (1969), and Leo Sayer (1948).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, William Rutter Dawes ranks 50. Before him are Ralph Copeland (1837), Frank Watson Dyson (1868), Johann von Lamont (1805), Nathaniel Bliss (1700), Harry Edwin Wood (1881), and Harold Spencer Jones (1890). After him are Philibert Jacques Melotte (1880), William de Wiveleslie Abney (1843), William Frederick Denning (1848), Edward Pigott (1753), Geoffrey Burbidge (1925), and Mary Adela Blagg (1858).

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