Obituaries

About the Database of Obituaries

This database lists obituaries of Fellows, Associates and Honorary Members of the RAS from the 1820s onwards. The obituaries were published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS), Memoirs of the RAS, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society (QJRAS) and Astronomy and Geophysics (A&G). Links to obituaries published elsewhere are also provided where possible (for an explanatory list of abbreviated journal titles, see here). This listing of the historical membership of the Royal Astronomical Society was originally compiled by Anthony J. Kinder, and digitised in 2008 by Ian Ridpath.

This resource has made use of the Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

NameBornDiedElectedMembership status
Rev. Frederick SilverFellow
Edward James StoneFellow
John Edmund CalthropFellow
Rev. Henry CoddingtonFellow
Henry Lord BoultonFellow
Cecil Reginald BurchFellow
Rev. Robert Fermor RendellFellow
Sir Edward RyanFellow
John Stefanos ParaskevopoulosFellow
Stavros PlakidisFellow
John MerrifieldFellow
Benjamin Dennison NaylorFellow
John Edensor LittlewoodFellow
Louis George MacroryFellow
Manuel John JohnsonFellow
Demetrius KotsakisFellow
Capt. James Palladio BaseviFellow
Hester Periam HawkinsFellow
Francis (“Frank”) HoldenFellow
Adm. Alexis Samuilovich GreigFellow
Raymond HideFellow
Ambrose T. FlaggFellow
Thomas WeirFellow
Hale WorthamFellow
Rev. William DealtryFellow
Charles George TalmageFellow
George William SeriesFellow
Rev. James Law ChallisFellow
Jan van der BiltFellow
Thomas RobsonFellow
Dudley Stewart PerfectFellow
Albert Thomas PriceFellow
Julien PéridierFellow
Rev. Bartholomew PriceFellow
John MorganFellow
James OddieFellow
Sir Francis Kennedy McCleanFellow
Edward Walter MaunderFellow
Rev. Philip Henry KempthorneFellow
Edward Herbert LeesFellow
Thomas William BackhouseFellow
Edward Rupert HicksFellow
Henry Rainsford HulmeFellow
Benjamin GompertzFellow
Fred TaylorFellow
Capt. Sir Frederick John Owen EvansFellow
George WilliamsFellow
Sir William CubittFellow
Eric DoolittleFellow
Thomas ThorpFellow
Col. Michael Foster WardFellow
Frederick Walter SimmsFellow
Sir John Benjamin StoneFellow
George CalverFellow
Henry BourgetFellow
Thomas Glazebrook RylandsFellow
Earl George Parker (Macclesfield)Fellow
Willie Venner MerrifieldFellow
Dr Hugh NeillFellow
George Cunliffe McVittieFellow
Martin Christopher JohnsonFellow
Michael Stephanovitch KovalenkoFellow
Akbar AliFellow
William (‘Will’) Thomson HayFellow
Lawrence Neville HoldenFellow
Sidney Bertram GaythorpeFellow
Cmdr. Edward John GriffinFellow
Ewan Adair WhitakerFellow
Capt. Charles EddieFellow
Camille FlammarionFellow
Arthur Mason WorthingtonFellow
James de Graaff-HunterFellow
Henry William LLoyd TannerFellow
José Luis SérsicFellow
Arthur Neville BrownFellow
Rev. Henry RoeFellow
William Edward RolstonFellow
Dennis William Siahou SciamaFellow
Henry PerigalFellow
Charles Leeson PrinceFellow
Dr James Adey OgleFellow
Frank McCleanFellow
Arthur KennedyFellow
Rev. Frederick Clare LeesFellow
Capt. John HiggensFellow
Walter GoodacreFellow
Joseph Alfred HardcastleFellow
Tim HawardenFellow
Peter WillmoreFellow
Harry Savile Ward EvansFellow
Harry Samuel WilliamsFellow
Richard Thomas CullenFellow
J Mayo GreenbergFellow
Sir Henry Percy DouglasFellow
William John ThorrowgoodFellow
Francis James WardaleFellow
James SimmsFellow
Robert StoneleyFellow
Donald Cameron-SwanFellow
M-Gen. Thomas Frederick ColbyFellow