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
Jan van der BiltFellow
Charles BartonFellow
Józef WitkowskiFellow
Michael SeatonFellow
Samuel TolanskyFellow
Frederick William WatkinFellow
David SmartFellow
Baron Robert John Strutt (Rayleigh)Fellow
Thomas RobsonFellow
Dudley Stewart PerfectFellow
Albert Thomas PriceFellow
Daniel Walter MorehouseFellow
Rev. Edward Dominic O’ConnorFellow
Burdett MasonFellow
Franz Daniel KahnFellow
Philip Stevenson LaurieFellow
Capt. John HiggensFellow
Walter GoodacreFellow
Joseph Alfred HardcastleFellow
Maj. Lindsay Atkins EddieFellow
Alexander Davidson FlemingFellow
Warren De la RueFellow
Humphrey Barker ChamberlinFellow
Charles BabbageFellow
Henry Lord BoultonFellow
Henry BourgetFellow
Walter George BellFellow
C Andrew MurrayFellow
Alfred WhiteFellow
Thomas TelfordFellow
William Reynolds VinesFellow
Eber Jachin SharpeFellow
Capt. Owen StanleyFellow
Thomas Glazebrook RylandsFellow
Earl George Parker (Macclesfield)Fellow
Willie Venner MerrifieldFellow
Dr Hugh NeillFellow
David Nelson LimberFellow
Bn John McLarenFellow
Hamilton Moore JeffersFellow
Sir George Handley KnibbsFellow
Thomas Edward HeathFellow
Alfred HolnessFellow
Murray GeddesFellow
John Edwards GriffithFellow
Joseph Edward EvansFellow
Rev. Alexander FreemanFellow
James John DownesFellow
Lord Archibald Campbell Campbell (Blythswood)Fellow
John Francis ColeFellow
John William AldridgeFellow
Clement Osborn BartrumFellow
Arthur Neville BrownFellow
Alan S RodgerFellow
Bernard PagelFellow
Herbert Gerard TomkinsFellow
Norman David WatkinsFellow
William Marshall SmartFellow
Rev. Henry RoeFellow
Julien PéridierFellow
Rev. Bartholomew PriceFellow
John MorganFellow
James OddieFellow
Charles MasonFellow
John LaverFellow
Godfrey HigginsFellow
Thomas HumphriesFellow
John James Lewis GoodridgeFellow
George Alfred HardingFellow
Sir Arthur Stanley EddingtonFellow
Crawford Muir FlemingFellow
Rev. Aloysius Laurence CortieFellow
George Frederick ChambersFellow
Alfred Allinson BourneFellow
Ethel Frances Butwell BellamyFellow
Archibald Edmiston RoyFellow
Edward Fawcett WhiteFellow
Cyril YoungFellow
Stefan TemesváryFellow
Charles Bousfield ShawFellow
William Ford Robinson StanleyFellow
Rev. Jacobus Cornelius ReynekeFellow
Sir Martin RyleFellow
Samuel Hickling ParkesFellow
Reginald Carter NelsonFellow
Donald MacleanFellow
Lady Bertha Swirles JeffreysFellow
James KnightFellow
Walter HeathFellow
Thomas Herbert Le Sbirel HonyFellow
William Edgar GeilFellow
John GriggFellow
Rev. Lewis EvansFellow
Joseph H. FreemanFellow
Ralph Hamilton CurtissFellow
Olinthus Gregory DownesFellow
James CampbellFellow
John Jenkins ColeFellow
Capt. James Palladio BaseviFellow
David Scatcherd BrownFellow