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
Herbert ChatleyFellow
Arthur Robert HoggFellow
Eric Gray ForbesFellow
Edward Williams SnellFellow
Charles MeldrumFellow
Thomas Lawrence BennettFellow
Kashinath NandyFellow
Edward William BrayleyFellow
David CarterFellow
Sidney Bertram GaythorpeFellow
John Robinson AireyFellow
Cmdr. Edward John GriffinFellow
William BarnettFellow
Sir Harold JeffreysFellow
Thomas Edward KnightleyFellow
Rev. Robert CroweFellow
William Fishburn DonkinFellow
Rev. Henry John WilkinsFellow
Richard Charles Maurice LearnerFellow
Sir Joseph Norman LockyerFellow
Rev. Robert MainFellow
William John ReynoldsFellow
Sir Edward SabineFellow
Bn Sir William Thomson (Kelvin)Fellow
John WaltonFellow
Edward John CollingwoodFellow
Sir (Frederick) William HerschelFellow
Sir William HugginsFellow
Charles Gaskell FalknerFellow
Thomas Frederick FurberFellow
John Benson SidgwickFellow
Walter Robert StokesFellow
William Henry Stanley MonckFellow
Herbert Lovis Noel Noel-CoxFellow
John BrowningFellow
Donald Lynden-BellFellow
Benjamin GompertzFellow
Robert d’Escourt AtkinsonFellow
R-Adm. Frederick William BeecheyFellow
Capt. Henry KaterFellow
Arthur Herbert LeahyFellow
Charles Orchard DaymanFellow
Arthur Huish WebberFellow
Leslie WoolvenFellow
Sir William Hunter McCreaFellow
John Earle MaxwellFellow
Colin Alistair RonanFellow
Gen. Sir Charles William PasleyFellow
Robert Charles SclaterFellow
William Henry Fox TalbotFellow
Edward TyerFellow
Bn John Burns (Inverclyde)Fellow
Rev. Temple ChevallierFellow
Frank Maurice HolbornFellow
James Sweetman EiffeFellow
George ForbesFellow
Rev. William SelwynFellow
Monroe B. SnyderFellow
Arthur James MelhuishFellow
William Lionel Edgar BennettFellow
James NangleFellow
Alan MoorwoodFellow
Andy BreenFellow
John Edward GeakeFellow
Sir George Biddell AiryFellow
Idwal Owain GriffithFellow
Charles Edward BarnsFellow
John Robert Fisher JeffreysFellow
Edward Ball KnobelFellow
Carlos Cruz-GonzálezFellow
William WillettFellow
Alan William James CousinsFellow
Lady Mary Thomazine LockyerFellow
Henry MannFellow
S. Lynn RhorerFellow
Donald Harry SadlerFellow
George Carter PulsfordFellow
William Henry E. ThornthwaiteFellow
Rev. Michael WardFellow
Lieut. Thomas Carter Richardson CarpendaleFellow
Rev. Henry CollinsFellow
Edward HughesFellow
Rev. Fearon FallowsFellow
Herbert Henry FurnerFellow
Rev. Frederick SilverFellow
Edward James StoneFellow
R-Adm Charles Edward MonroFellow
Henry George BohnFellow
Thomas NorrisFellow
Charles Edward Rhodes BruceFellow
Walter GoodacreFellow
Rev. Henry Adams Sergison AtwoodFellow
Joseph Alfred HardcastleFellow
Ernest Agar BeetFellow
Shunichi KawasakiFellow
Rev. Thomas Henry LealeFellow
Rev. William DealtryFellow
Thomas WeddleFellow
Thomas Wilson WormellFellow
Sidney Wilcox McCuskeyFellow