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
Alexander David RossFellow
R-A Sir John RossFellow
John Johnston RossFellow
Earl Laurence Rosse (Parsons)Fellow
Earl William Rosse (Parsons)Fellow
Svein RosselandAssociate
Bruno Benedetto RossiAssociate
Roberto RossiFellow
Pamela Helen Mary Rothwell MartelliFellow
Edward John RouthFellow
John RowbothamFellow
Henry Augustus RowlandAssociate
Rev. James Peter RowlandFellow
William RoxburghFellow
Archibald Edmiston RoyFellow
Thomas RoydsFellow
George West Royston-PigottFellow
Vera C RubinFellow
John Leslie RuddFellow
Paul RuffleFellow
Stanley Keith RuncornFellow
Cmdr John Archibald Rupert-JonesFellow
Rev. Frederic William RussellFellow
Henry Chamberlain RussellFellow
Henry Norris RussellFellow, later Associate
William RutherfordFellow
Lewis Morris RutherfurdAssociate
John Obadiah Newell RutterFellow
Sir Edward RyanFellow
Thomas Glazebrook RylandsFellow
Sir Martin RyleFellow
Sir Edward SabineFellow
Donald Harry SadlerFellow
Herbert SadlerFellow
Truman Henry SaffordAssociate
Dhirendra Nath SahaFellow
Bt David SalomonsFellow
Bt David Lionel Goldsmid-Stern- SalomonsFellow
Lady Mary Helena SaltounFellow
Ralph Allen SampsonFellow
Allan R. SandageFellow
Giovanni Sante Gaspero SantiniAssociate
Wallace Leslie William SargentFellow
William Devonshire SaullFellow
Samuel Arthur SaunderFellow
Ann SavageFellow
Douglas Reginald Bassett SawFellow
Bernard Page ScattergoodFellow
Julius ScheinerAssociate
Giovanni Virginio SchiaparelliAssociate
Hans Carl Frederik Christian SchjellerupAssociate
Frank SchlesingerAssociate
Johann Friedrich Julius SchmidtAssociate
Eduard SchönfeldAssociate
Sir William SchoolingFellow
Richard SchorrAssociate
Jens Frederik Wilhelm SchroeterAssociate
Herman SchultzAssociate
Heinrich Christian SchumacherAssociate
Adolf Christian Wilhelm SchurAssociate
Sir Arthur SchusterFellow
Karl SchwarzschildAssociate
Friedrich Magnus SchwerdAssociate
Dennis William Siahou SciamaFellow
Robert Charles SclaterFellow
Benjamin ScottFellow
James Lidderdale ScottFellow
William ScottFellow
George Mitchell SeabrokeFellow
Frederick Hanley SearesAssociate
Michael SeatonFellow
Pietro Angelo SecchiAssociate
Rev. Adam SedgwickFellow
Hugo von SeeligerAssociate
Arthur Laidlaw SelbyFellow
Beauchamp Prideaux SelbyFellow
Francis John SellersFellow
Rev. William SelwynFellow
George William SeriesFellow
José Luis SérsicFellow
Andrei Borisovich SevernyAssociate
Harold SewardFellow
Philip Edward SewellFellow
Col. Thomas Davies SewellFellow
Carl Keenan SeyfertFellow
William ShackletonFellow
Adm. Sir Charles Frederick Alexander ShadwellFellow
Sir Lancelot ShadwellFellow
Charles Alexander ShainFellow
Grigori Abramovich Shajn (Shayn)Fellow, later Associate
Charles Donald ShaneFellow, later Associate
Harlow ShapleyAssociate
Martin Charles SharpFellow
Eber Jachin SharpeFellow
Charles Bousfield ShawFellow
Herbert ShawFellow
John Johnson ShawFellow
Sir William Napier ShawFellow
Charles ShearmanFellow
Anne SheepshanksHonorary Fellow