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ASTRONOMER

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 24,894 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. William Rutter Dawes is the 440th most popular astronomer, the 3,754th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 54th most popular British Astronomer.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.69

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  • 1.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, William Rutter Dawes ranks 440 out of 531Before him are Edward Pigott, James Gunn, Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, Ruby Payne-Scott, Paris Pişmiş, and George O. Abell. After him are Charles Piazzi Smyth, William Henry Smyth, John Stanley Plaskett, Beatrice Tinsley, Agnes Mary Clerke, and Alexander Voeikov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1799, William Rutter Dawes ranks 49Before him are Jean Baptiste Boisduval, Heinrich von Kittlitz, James Prinsep, Heinrich von Gagern, David Don, and František Čelakovský. After him are Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville, George Arnott Walker-Arnott, Avdotia Istomina, David Douglas, Samuel George Morton, and Eliza Acton. Among people deceased in 1868, William Rutter Dawes ranks 55Before him are Halfdan Kjerulf, Thaddeus Stevens, Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Eduard Friedrich Poeppig, Nestor Kukolnik, and Gennaios Kolokotronis. After him are Júlia Szendrey, George Arnott Walker-Arnott, Joaquín Suárez, Carl Mayet, Laura Secord, and Christian Friedrich Ecklon.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Rutter Dawes ranks 3,754 out of 7,765Before him are Piers Sellers (1955), Amy Macdonald (1987), William Powell Frith (1819), William Tenn (1920), William Robertson (1721), and John Powell (1963). After him are Paul Anderson (1978), John Paul Young (1950), Hugh Edwin Strickland (1811), Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece (1968), Ælfthryth, wife of Edgar (940), and William Henry Young (1863).

Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, William Rutter Dawes ranks 54Before him are William Christie (1845), Geoffrey Burbidge (1925), John Pond (1767), Herbert Hall Turner (1861), Ralph Copeland (1837), and Edward Pigott (1753). After him are William Henry Smyth (1788), Beatrice Tinsley (1941), Patrick Moore (1923), William Frederick Denning (1848), William Robert Brooks (1844), and William de Wiveleslie Abney (1843).