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
William ShackletonFellow
John Samuel SlaterFellow
Capt. John HiggensFellow
Hyman Solomon SpiglFellow
William Harold TingeyFellow
Rev. Thomas CattonFellow
Alfred MorrisFellow
Wentworth ErckFellow
George Francis RiddifordFellow
Adam HilgerFellow
Charles HoodFellow
Rev. Philip HuntFellow
Basil Reginald Hamilton Taylour (Taylor)Fellow
Henry Hayden WatersFellow
George Douglas BuchananFellow
Charles John Philip CaveFellow
Major Thomas Henry Shadwell ClerkeFellow
Rev. John CrouchFellow
James Kennedy EsdaileFellow
Murray GeddesFellow
John James Lewis GoodridgeFellow
John Edwards GriffithFellow
Wladimír Wáclav HeinrichFellow
William SmalleyFellow
Rev. James William St. Clare HillFellow
Rev. Henry Glanville BarnacleFellow
William Reynolds VinesFellow
Norman David WatkinsFellow
M-Gen. Henry Herbert LeeFellow
Capt. George Tyrrell McCawFellow
Philip James ChabotFellow
Thomas Hugh CloseFellow
Rev. William DealtryFellow
Maj. Lindsay Atkins EddieFellow
James PettitFellow
Alexander Davidson FlemingFellow
Henry Tresawna GerransFellow
Emanuel Joseph RistoriFellow
Thomas GordonFellow
Reginald James HarmanJunior Member
Charles Bousfield ShawFellow
John Robinson AireyFellow
Rev. Francis Anthony TondorfFellow
Dr John BostockFellow
John Robinson McCleanFellow
Dudley KM FullerFellow
R-Adm. Henry Charles OtterFellow
George PearsonFellow
Joseph HoughFellow
Francis BarrowFellow
Rev. John William WhittakerFellow
Lady Mary Thomazine LockyerFellow
Sidney Wilcox McCuskeyFellow
Henry MannFellow
Thomas CushingFellow
Wendell Carden DeMarcusFellow
Rev. John EdwardsFellow
Spencer Lavington FletcherFellow
Rev. William Robinson GilbyFellow
Edward RobertsFellow
Bt Cyril C. GrahamFellow
Charles Hope HarrisFellow
William Bradshaw HousmanFellow
Wadham Locke SuttonFellow
George InnesFellow
Edward TroughtonFellow
Richard KerrFellow
Charles Clement WalkerFellow
Charles Heard WildFellow
James McDowellFellow
Lieut. Hastings Fitz-Edward MurphyFellow
Capt. Ernest William OwensFellow
Alexander FooteFellow
Henry Reginald FryFellow
Col. Charles RatcliffFellow
Richard Frind RobertsFellow
William ScottFellow
Alexander Hamilton HoweFellow
Capt. William Thornton BateFellow
Rev. Thomas LaingFellow
Arthur Huish WebberFellow
Frederick William LongbottomFellow
David Carder-DaviesFellow
Leslie WoolvenFellow
Herbert ChatleyFellow
Col Ernest Elliott MarkwickFellow
Thomas Rudolphus DallmeyerFellow
Jesse Scoffin NimkeyFellow
Julius PageFellow
Walter A. PostFellow
Frank RobertsonFellow
Capt. Thomas GravesFellow
William Leslie Hazelwood ShuterFellow
Arthur Ernest HodgsonFellow
Rev. Walter Edward StewartFellow
M-Gen. Thomas Preston BattersbyFellow
James Robert JonesFellow
Hugh WalshamFellow
Col William LambtonFellow
Thomas WeirFellow