William Snyder Eichelberger 18-09-1865 03-02-1951 09-06-1922 Fellow, later Associate Olaf Pedersen 08-04-1920 03-12-1997 12-03-1976 Fellow, later Associate Inge Lehmann 13-05-1888 21-02-1993 10-01-1936 Fellow, later Associate Shin Hirayama 09-09-1867 02-06-1945 13-02-1891 Fellow, later Associate Lyman, Jr. Spitzer 26-06-1914 31-03-1997 12-01-1940 Fellow, later Associate Henry Norris Russell 25-10-1877 18-02-1957 13-02-1903 Fellow, later Associate Francis Birch 22-08-1903 30-01-1992 10-12-1948 Fellow, later Associate Georges Lemaître 17-07-1894 20-06-1966 08-05-1931 Fellow, later Associate Grigori Abramovich Shajn (Shayn) 19-04-1892 04-08-1956 11-02-1927 Fellow, later Associate Willy Hartner 22-01-1905 16-05-1981 11-01-1935 Fellow, later Associate Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar 19-10-1910 21-08-1995 10-03-1933 Fellow, later Associate Manali Kallat Vainu Bappu 10-08-1927 19-08-1982 14-12-1951 Fellow, later Associate Caroline Lucretia Herschel 16-03-1750 09-01-1848 13-02-1835 Honorary Fellow Annie Jump Cannon 11-12-1863 13-04-1941 13-03-1914 Honorary Fellow Johannes Geiss 30-01-2020 09-02-1990 Honorary Fellow King Christian VIII Denmark 18-09-1786 20-01-1848 14-02-1840 Honorary Fellow Margherita Hack 12-06-1922 29-06-2013 10-05-1985 Honorary Fellow King Frederick VI Denmark 28-01-1768 03-12-1839 06-02-1836 Honorary Fellow Lady Margaret Lindsay Huggins 14-08-1848 24-03-1915 08-05-1903 Honorary Fellow Anthony Patrick Fairall 15-09-1943 24-11-2008 13-12-1968 Honorary Fellow Anne Sheepshanks 08-02-1876 14-02-1862 Honorary Fellow Churisho Hayashi 25-07-1920 28-02-2010 13-02-1981 Honorary Fellow Williamina Paton Fleming [née Stevens] 15-05-1857 21-05-1911 11-05-1906 Honorary Fellow Agnes Mary Clerke 10-02-1842 20-01-1907 08-05-1903 Honorary Fellow Michael Hoskin 27-02-1930 05-12-2021 13-02-2008 Honorary Fellow Mary Somerville [née Fairfax, other married name Greig] 26-12-1780 29-11-1872 13-02-1835 Honorary Fellow Neil Gehrels 03-10-1952 06-02-2017 01-01-2016 Honorary Fellow Sir Harry Kroto 13-05-2016 11-02-2005 Honorary Fellow Audouin Charles Dollfus 12-11-1924 01-08-2010 14-02-1975 Honorary Fellow Cornelis de Jager 29-04-1921 27-05-2021 12-02-1971 Honorary Fellow Karl Fuchs 21-01-1932 22-03-2021 13-03-1992 Honorary Fellow Riccardo Giacconi 06-10-1931 09-12-2018 10-02-1989 Honorary Fellow Eigil Friis-Christensen 29-10-1944 21-09-2018 10-05-1996 Honorary Fellow Michael J Thompson 30-01-1959 15-10-2018 13-01-2017 Honorary Fellow Michael William Feast 19-12-1926 01-04-2019 08-02-1980 Honorary Fellow Reginald James Harman 17-09-1963 12-01-1962 Junior Member Patrick Brendan Byrne 28-09-1947 16-09-1997 12-03-1971 Junior Member Margaret M. Bassett [née Allen] 03-11-1974 11-05-1962 Staff Peter D. Hingley 06-10-1951 20-06-2012 Staff