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
Adm. Henry Wolsey BayfieldFellow
M-Gen. Henry ShrapnelFellow
Bt Robert Harry InglisFellow
Jean Felix Adolphe GambartAssociate
John RowbothamFellow
M-Gen. Joseph Ellison PortlockFellow
John RamageFellow
Ottaviano Fabrizio MossottiAssociate
Siméon Denis PoissonAssociate
Capt. Pringle StokesFellow
Capt. Thomas GravesFellow
V’count Robert Saunders Dundas (Melville)Fellow
William Henry FittonFellow
Capt. William Samuel StratfordFellow
Rev. Henry Joseph Boone NicholsonFellow
Baron Bernhard August von LindenauAssociate
James PettitFellow
Giovanni Sante Gaspero SantiniAssociate
Johann Georg von SoldnerAssociate
Capt. Henry FosterFellow
M-Gen. John Anthony HodgsonFellow
Giovanni Battista AmiciAssociate
Rev. Richard SheepshanksFellow
Joseph von FraunhoferAssociate
Niccolò CacciatoreAssociate
Charles ShearmanFellow
Earl William Parsons (Rosse)Fellow
R-Adm. Frederick William BeecheyFellow
Earl William Rosse (Parsons)Fellow
John LeeFellow
Sir William CubittFellow
Thomas NorrisFellow
Baron Giovanni Antonio Amedeo PlanaAssociate
Jean Louis PonsAssociate
Johann Franz EnckeAssociate
Thomas DonkinFellow
Col. Sir George EverestFellow
Richard TaylorFellow
Friedrich Georg Wilhelm StruveAssociate
Capt. Sir John FranklinFellow
Col William LambtonFellow
William Henry Fox TalbotFellow
Rev. Henry CoddingtonFellow
Sir Rowland HillFellow
Carlo BrioschiAssociate
Charles HuttonFellow
Dr James Adey OgleFellow
Edward RiddleFellow
Jean Alfred GautierAssociate
Jean François AragoAssociate
Rev. Lewis EvansFellow
V-Adm. William Fitzwilliam OwenFellow
Adm. Alexis Samuilovich GreigFellow
Friedrich Wilhelm BesselAssociate
Marq. Pierre Simon de LaplaceAssociate
John Frederic(k) TrechselAssociate
R Adm. William Henry ShirreffFellow
John FullerFellow
Thomas Ignatius Maria ForsterFellow
Baron Franz Xaver von ZachAssociate
Johann Joseph von LittrowAssociate
Rev. John Phillips HigmanFellow
Richard BestFellow
Rev. William FarishFellow
Adm. William Henry SmythFellow
Louis Hayes PetitFellow
Count Barnaba OrianiAssociate
Earl George Parker MacclesfieldFellow
Earl George Parker (Macclesfield)Fellow
Heinrich Christian SchumacherAssociate
Guiseppe PiazziAssociate
Gerard MollAssociate
Johann Elert BodeAssociate
Karl Ludwig HardingAssociate
Rev. William WhewellFellow
William Chadwell MylneFellow
Heinrich Wilhelm Mathias OlbersAssociate
Carl Frederick GaussAssociate
R-A Sir John RossFellow
John Webb WoollgarFellow
Jean-Baptiste BiotAssociate
Rev. John William WhittakerFellow
Rev. Miles BlandFellow
Capt. Basil HallFellow
Dr John BostockFellow
Bishop John BrinkleyFellow
Rev. James Collett EbdenFellow
William AllenFellow
Thomas TelfordFellow
R-A. Sir Francis BeaufortFellow
Rev. Thomas CattonFellow
Bryan DonkinFellow
Rev. Henry Parr HamiltonFellow
Thomas Flower EllisFellow
Olinthus Gilbert GregoryFellow
Rev. Michael WardFellow
Baron John WrottesleyFellow
Rev. George PeacockFellow
Duke Alexander GordonFellow
William CaryFellow