| AN | Astronomische Nachrichten |
| DNB | Dictionary of National Biography* |
| DSB | Dictionary of Scientific Biography |
| JO | Journal des Observateurs |
| JRASC | Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada |
| MN | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
| NAS | National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoirs |
| NDSB | New Dictionary of Scientific Biography |
| Obs | The Observatory |
| PASP | Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific |
| W | Who Was Who |
* Obituaries are linked to directly if they are freely available online. Some Fellows feature in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (DNB), which is subscription only so it is not possible to link directly to Fellows' biographies. Instead a link to the DNB home page is provided so that you can sign in via your institution or by entering the barcode of your public library card, and search for the relevant entry.