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
Herbert Lovis Noel Noel-CoxFellow
Frank Campbell DumatFellow
Samuel FellowsFellow
William Reynolds VinesFellow
Rev. Jacobus Cornelius ReynekeFellow
Norman David WatkinsFellow
Rev. Nathaniel Stedman GodfreyFellow
John HartnupFellow
Thomas AllisonFellow
Comte Eugène Aymar de la Baume PluvinelFellow
Edward William BrayleyFellow
James Stark BrowneFellow
Theodore MackenzieFellow
Frederick William NashFellow
William SmalleyFellow
Rev. Thomas PerkinsFellow
John McDougal FieldFellow
Rev. Francis Anthony TondorfFellow
William GodwardFellow
Dudley KM FullerFellow
Arthur BerryFellow
Sir Gainsford BruceFellow
Rev. Robert Comyn LumsdenFellow
Willie Venner MerrifieldFellow
Charles Bousfield ShawFellow
Dr Hugh NeillFellow
Rev. John William WhittakerFellow
Hester Periam HawkinsFellow
Thomas Simeon Scriven BoltonFellow
Donald MacleanFellow
Margaret Theodora MeyerFellow
William Bladen CroftFellow
Sir William MorisonFellow
Rev. Daniel DuttonFellow
Wadham Locke SuttonFellow
Edward TroughtonFellow
William FrancisFellow
Charles Clement WalkerFellow
Edward RiddleFellow
Charles Heard WildFellow
Thomas Edward HeathFellow
Alfred HolnessFellow
Thomas HumphriesFellow
Thomas Edward KnightleyFellow
Bishop John BrinkleyFellow
Arnold BuxtonFellow
Pietro CaturegliAssociate
Richard Edward Synge CooperFellow
William ScottFellow
Rev. Peter David MorseFellow
Rev. Robert Prichard DaviesFellow
George James NewbeginFellow
Kennet PollockFellow
Arthur Huish WebberFellow
Henry Bedingfield GoodwinFellow
Roberto RossiFellow
Leslie WoolvenFellow
Henry Burdett HederstedtFellow
Frank Hope-JonesFellow
Joseph Gurney BarclayFellow
R-Adm Alexander Bridport BecherFellow
Daniel BuckneyFellow
Jack Gordon MillerFellow
Lieut. George Beaver CroucherFellow
Rev. Walter Edward StewartFellow
Sir Robert PearceFellow
Hugh WalshamFellow
George James GibbsFellow
Thomas WeirFellow
Capt. John GroverFellow
Hale WorthamFellow
Donald William HornerFellow
Laike AsfawFellow
William Benjamin HutchinsonFellow
Thomas KeigFellow
Lady Mary Helena SaltounFellow
Sir William CubittFellow
William Leslie Hazelwood ShuterFellow
Rev. James PearsonFellow
Lieut. Hugh WilliamsFellow
Charles Edward BarnsFellow
James Gall InglisFellow
Arthur KennedyFellow
Cmdr Thomas BotelerFellow
Humphrey Barker ChamberlinFellow
Joseph MaguireFellow
Rev. Arthur Edwin Brisco OwenFellow
Capt. John Francis EgertonFellow
Jacob WernerFellow
Robert GrahamFellow
William Henry HennahFellow
Rev. James InmanFellow
Henry BourgetFellow
Robert Edward Beaumont MunroFellow
James SimmsFellow
Rev. Henry Joseph Boone NicholsonFellow
Solomon Moses DrachFellow
Col. George StrahanFellow
Rev. Paul Wynyard FaircloughFellow
William Montgomery PiersonFellow