Obituaries | The Royal Astronomical Society

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)

Name	Died	Elected	Membership status
Isaac Waithman Long	29-05-1860	14-12-1849	Fellow
Cyrus Augustus Macfarlane	19-05-1932	09-01-1931	Fellow
Chintamanny Ragoonatha Chary (Charry)	05-02-1880	12-01-1872	Fellow
Lady Mary Helena Saltoun	08-10-1940	08-01-1937	Fellow
John Brise Colgrove	29-10-1931	12-11-1875	Fellow
William Leslie Hazelwood Shuter	19-03-1995	10-01-1963	Fellow
Rev. Walter Edward Stewart	24-01-1934	09-03-1888	Fellow
John Drew	17-12-1857	09-01-1846	Fellow
Col. Frederick Page	08-04-1834	09-05-1828	Fellow
Hugh Walsham	13-04-1924	08-04-1914	Fellow
Thomas Weir	15-02-1908	10-02-1899	Fellow
Hale Wortham	18-04-1899	14-03-1856	Fellow
Augustus S. Harrison	22-06-1885	14-01-1876	Fellow
Laike Asfaw	19-03-2020	08-02-2007	Fellow
Elijah Howarth	01-04-1938	14-01-1881	Fellow
Margaret M. Bassett [née Allen]	03-11-1974	11-05-1962	Staff
Hisashi Kimura	26-09-1943	10-06-1910	Associate
James Ruthven Brown	16-10-1942	08-04-1927	Fellow
Lieut. Thomas Carter Richardson Carpendale	16-07-1870	12-04-1861	Fellow
Isaac Molloy	10-03-1912	10-03-1905	Fellow
Eyre Burton Powell	10-11-1904	13-01-1854	Fellow
John Glaisher	16-05-1846	14-02-1845	Fellow
Lieut. Hugh Williams	09-06-1913	12-11-1909	Fellow
Herbert George Robins	31-07-1939	12-12-1913	Fellow
Rev. Frederick Howlett	30-01-1908	08-03-1861	Fellow
James Thomas Jackson	22-11-1938	08-01-1909	Fellow
Thomas King	16-03-1916	10-06-1910	Fellow
Frederick William Levander	20-12-1916	10-03-1871	Fellow
Ernest Carpmael	04-12-1921	14-02-1873	Fellow
James Simms	04-09-1915	13-03-1857	Fellow
John Narrien	30-03-1860	08-03-1833	Fellow
Ankitam Venkata Nursing Row	18-06-1892	13-01-1871	Fellow
Henry Samuel Ellis	13-05-1878	09-02-1855	Fellow
Jacob Werner	16-09-1939	10-01-1930	Fellow
Dr Benjamin Godfrey	22-11-1872	12-02-1858	Fellow
Rev. William Hall	04-11-1916	14-01-1910	Fellow
Rev. Francis Benjamin Allison	08-12-1919	12-11-1880	Fellow
Richard Hodgson	04-05-1872	14-04-1848	Fellow
Pierre Joseph Célestin Baume	27-09-1880	08-05-1863	Fellow