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
Thomas Herbert Le Sbirel HonyFellow
Charles HoodFellow
Rev. John CrouchFellow
Bryan DonkinFellow
James George PetrieFellow
Earl Edwin Richard Windham Wyndham Quin (Dunraven)Fellow
George Henry LivensFellow
Col. Sir Walter Thomas William Spencer StanhopeFellow
Rev. William Lake OnslowFellow
Dr John BostockFellow
Keith Edward BullenFellow
Rev. George Burgess WildigFellow
Gabriel Gideon` CilliéFellow
John Rand CapronFellow
John Brise ColgroveFellow
Howard Percy RobertsonFellow
Peter ThompsonFellow
George WallFellow
Russ EvansFellow
James GillFellow
Thomas JonesFellow
Sir Joseph LarmorFellow
James Kennedy EsdaileFellow
Ernest Cuthbert AtkinsonFellow
John Franklin-AdamsFellow
Ludwig BeckerFellow
Adam HilgerFellow
Rev. Philip HuntFellow
Rev. Dr William Rutter DawesFellow
Wladyslaw DziewulskiFellow
Rev. George PeacockFellow
John PondFellow
John Robinson McCleanFellow
William SmalleyFellow
Baron John William Strutt (Rayleigh)Fellow
Col. Archibald Cuthbert Bigg-WitherFellow
William BrookeFellow
Robert Rumsey WebbFellow
Sir Richard van der Riet WoolleyFellow
Arthur BurnetFellow
Chintamanny Ragoonatha Chary (Charry)Fellow
William Edward RaymondFellow
William RutherfordFellow
Herbert Hall TurnerFellow
Barbara BromageFellow
Richard Francis Turney GrangerFellow
Charles Hope HarrisFellow
Sydney Turner KleinFellow
John Couch AdamsFellow
William Henry FittonFellow
Ambrose T. FlaggFellow
Henry Osmund BarnardFellow
Henry Burdett HederstedtFellow
Frank Hope-JonesFellow
Lieut. George Beaver CroucherFellow
Thomas DonkinFellow
James PettitFellow
James LockhartFellow
Joseph MaguireFellow
Martin Charles SharpFellow
John StanistreetFellow
Cmdr Thomas BotelerFellow
William BullerwellFellow
Rupert WildtFellow
George Eric Deacon AlcockFellow
David Carder-DaviesFellow
Herbert George RobinsFellow
Roland Dale ThompsonFellow
William WallaceFellow
James Wynne DungeyFellow
Guro Else GjellestadFellow
William LassellFellow
William EssonFellow
John Jepson AtkinsonFellow
William Sadler FranksFellow
Baron Edmund Beckett (Grimthorpe)Fellow
Otto HilgerFellow
Alan HunterFellow
Richard Evan DayFellow
Rev. James Collett EbdenFellow
Horace PearceFellow
Earl George Parker MacclesfieldFellow
William Henry MawFellow
David SmartFellow
Jack Gordon MillerFellow
Baron Robert John Strutt (Rayleigh)Fellow
Robert Albert NewingFellow
Joseph BrooksFellow
Rev. Thomas William WebbFellow
John Webb WoollgarFellow
Herbert ChatleyFellow
Roderick Oliver RedmanFellow
Joseph Bernard Godsell TurnerFellow
Douglas Walter Noble StibbsFellow
Mark AndersonFellow
Robert GrantFellow
Daniel Lester III HarrisFellow
Capt. Reinold John JaugetFellow
Capt. Charles EddieFellow
John Robinson AireyFellow