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
William MannFellow
Lieut. Charles William BaillieFellow
William Henry BesantFellow
Charles Henry Brewitt-TaylorFellow
Cmdr. Michael Atwell SlaterFellow
Frederick John Marrian StrattonFellow
Samuel Morris GreenFellow
John HartnupFellow
John Henry ReynoldsFellow
Peter MolnarFellow
M-Gen. Henry Spencer PalmerFellow
Baron Henry Pirbright (de Worms)Fellow
Herbert ChatleyFellow
Harold ThomsonFellow
Hugh WalshamFellow
William WillettFellow
Alan William James CousinsFellow
M-Gen. John Anthony HodgsonFellow
John Eric JacksonFellow
Baron Robert John Rayleigh (Strutt)Fellow
Lieut. George Beaver CroucherFellow
Thomas DonkinFellow
Inigo Owen JonesFellow
Rev. Lewis EvansFellow
James Robert JonesFellow
Thomas Luther EvansFellow
Col William LambtonFellow
William FrendFellow
James McDowellFellow
John Whitehouse Frederick AllnuttFellow
Robert Charles MayFellow
Bernhard Richard BaumgardtFellow
George Cox BompasFellow
Sir Lancelot ShadwellFellow
Raymond Hill GodfreyFellow
Jacob Karl Ernst HalmFellow
Elizabeth RoemerFellow
Jeffrey Charles Percy MillerFellow
Michael Victor PenstonFellow
Frederic NewtonFellow
John Philip Manning PrenticeFellow
Edward John CollingwoodFellow
William Henry Fox TalbotFellow
Edward TyerFellow
Francis Richard Wegg-ProsserFellow
Baron Henry de Worms (Pirbright)Fellow
Francisca HerschelFellow
Howard Percy RobertsonFellow
Charles Orchard DaymanFellow
Rev. James EdmonstoneFellow
Alphonso KingFellow
George Ogden AbellFellow
Adm. Russell Henry MannersFellow
Arthur BailyFellow
Walter Ernest BesleyFellow
William BriggsFellow
Noel Bryan SlaterFellow
Rev. George StreetFellow
Lieut. Augustus Percival GreeneFellow
John Penn HartreeFellow
Arthur Stanley WilliamsFellow
Richard HillsFellow
William Henry PalmerFellow
Baron John Fletcher MoultonFellow
Paris Marie Pismis de RecillasFellow
Ernst Julius ÖpikFellow
Bn John Burns (Inverclyde)Fellow
Rev. Temple ChevallierFellow
Bn Sir William Thomson (Kelvin)Fellow
John WaltonFellow
Arthur Stanley WilliamsFellow
Fred Hoyle Fellow
Richard HodgsonFellow
Capt. William Stephen JacobFellow
William Edward RaymondFellow
William RutherfordFellow
Rev. Robert CroweFellow
William Fishburn DonkinFellow
Carlos Cruz-GonzálezFellow
Lt-Col. John JonesFellow
Col. Sir George EverestFellow
Martin Rastall Coulter McDowellFellow
George (= Jiri) AlterFellow
William Ralph MechaelisFellow
Sir David BruntFellow
Charles Alexander ShainFellow
Henry John SpoonerFellow
John George Cockburn Curtis GodsmanFellow
George Hall HamiltonFellow
Raymond HideFellow
John Anthony MillerFellow
Dudley Stewart PerfectFellow
Harold William NewtonFellow
Albert Thomas PriceFellow
Lieut. Thomas Carter Richardson CarpendaleFellow
Rev. Henry CollinsFellow
Charles George TalmageFellow
Thomas WeirFellow
Hale WorthamFellow
Col. John HerschelFellow