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
Margaret M. Bassett [née Allen]Staff
Peter D. HingleyStaff
Patrick Brendan ByrneJunior Member
Reginald James HarmanJunior Member
King Christian VIII DenmarkHonorary Fellow
King Frederick VI DenmarkHonorary Fellow
Churisho HayashiHonorary Fellow
Anne SheepshanksHonorary Fellow
Caroline Lucretia HerschelHonorary Fellow
Michael HoskinHonorary Fellow
Neil GehrelsHonorary Fellow
Sir Harry KrotoHonorary Fellow
Audouin Charles DollfusHonorary Fellow
Cornelis de JagerHonorary Fellow
Agnes Mary ClerkeHonorary Fellow
Lady Margaret Lindsay HugginsHonorary Fellow
Karl FuchsHonorary Fellow
Mary Somerville [née Fairfax, other married name Greig]Honorary Fellow
Riccardo GiacconiHonorary Fellow
Eigil Friis-ChristensenHonorary Fellow
Michael J ThompsonHonorary Fellow
Michael William FeastHonorary Fellow
Johannes GeissHonorary Fellow
Margherita HackHonorary Fellow
Williamina Paton Fleming [née Stevens]Honorary Fellow
Annie Jump CannonHonorary Fellow
Anthony Patrick FairallHonorary Fellow
Sherburne Wesley BurnhamFellow, later Associate
Olin Jeuck EggenFellow, later Associate
Guillermo HaroFellow, later Associate
Otto StruveFellow, later Associate
Harold Delos BabcockFellow, later Associate
William Snyder EichelbergerFellow, later Associate
Jan Hendrik OortFellow, later Associate
Stephan MuellerFellow, later Associate
Andrew David ThackerayFellow, later Associate
Shin HirayamaFellow, later Associate
Edith Alice MüllerFellow, later Associate
Inge LehmannFellow, later Associate
Patrick Arthur WaymanFellow, later Associate
Charles Edward St. JohnFellow, later Associate
Ian AxfordFellow, later Associate
Willy HartnerFellow, later Associate
Polydore (Pol) Félix Ferdinand SwingsFellow, later Associate
Bartholomeus (Bart) Jan BokFellow, later Associate
Cecilia Helena Payne-GaposchkinFellow, later Associate
Georges LemaîtreFellow, later Associate
Edwin Powell HubbleFellow, later Associate
William Alfred FowlerFellow, later Associate
Manali Kallat Vainu BappuFellow, later Associate
Olaf PedersenFellow, later Associate
Bohdan PaczyńskiFellow, later Associate
Knut Emil LundmarkFellow, later Associate
Lyman, Jr. SpitzerFellow, later Associate
Edward Emerson BarnardFellow, later Associate
Henry Norris RussellFellow, later Associate
Maximilian (‘Max’) Franz Joseph Cornelius WolfFellow, later Associate
Walter Sydney AdamsFellow, later Associate
Grigori Abramovich Shajn (Shayn)Fellow, later Associate
Subrahmanyan ChandrasekharFellow, later Associate
Francis BirchFellow, later Associate
Charles Donald ShaneFellow, later Associate
Robert Raynolds McMathFellow, later Associate
Herman ZanstraFellow, later Associate
William Maurice EwingFellow, later Associate
Herbert ChatleyFellow
William TomlinsonFellow
L-Col. Harry James WatsonFellow
Rev. Maurice Allen SmeltFellow
William Edward RolstonFellow
Arthur DallasFellow
Dennis William Siahou SciamaFellow
M-Gen. Alfred Wilks DraysonFellow
Henry PerigalFellow
Charles Leeson PrinceFellow
Dudley KM FullerFellow
Sir Edmund Taylor WhittakerFellow
Meade Lafayette ZimmerFellow
Rev. Andrew HendersonFellow
George BishopFellow
Charles HorsleyFellow
Herbert BrownFellow
Rev. William Robinson GilbyFellow
Beno GutenbergFellow
Charles BabbageFellow
Rev. Robert MiddlemistFellow
Alfred Dillon BellFellow
William NewboldFellow
Capt. Arthur Lister-KayeFellow
Neal McNeillFellow
Richard Elliott JenningsFellow
David Carder-DaviesFellow
Stefan TemesváryFellow
Charles Bousfield ShawFellow
William Ford Robinson StanleyFellow
Rev. Jacobus Cornelius ReynekeFellow
Sir Martin RyleFellow
Samuel Hickling ParkesFellow
David MossFellow
Frank Bradshaw WoodFellow