Lewis Morris Rutherfurd

Lewis Morris Rutherfurd
Lewis Morris Rutherfurd
BornNovember 25, 1816
Morrisania, New York, US
DiedMay 30, 1892(1892-05-30) (aged 75)
Tranquility, New Jersey, US
Alma materWilliams College
Known forAstrophotography
Spouse
Margaret Stuyvesant Chanler
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(m. 1841; died 1890)​
Children7, including Stuyvesant, Lewis Jr., Winthrop
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy
Signature

Lewis Morris Rutherfurd (November 25, 1816 – May 30, 1892) was an American lawyer and astronomer, and a pioneering astrophotographer.

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