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
Rev. John Edward CrossFellow
John NewtonFellow
David SmithFellow
Richard MundayFellow
Arthur James MelhuishFellow
Henry Morgan Earbery CroftonFellow
Col. Michael Foster WardFellow
William EssonFellow
Pierre Joseph Célestin BaumeFellow
Lt Col. George Lyon TupmanFellow
Rev. J. Chadwick BatesFellow
Friedrich August Theodor WinneckeAssociate
George Phillips BondAssociate
Arthur Cowper RanyardFellow
Marian Albertovich Kowalksi (Kovalsky)Associate
Charles George TalmageFellow
Capt. David Joseph KennellyFellow
Rev. Alexander FreemanFellow
John Baboneau Nickterlien HennesseyFellow
Rev. Henry RoeFellow
Capt. John HiggensFellow
George Frederick ChambersFellow
Sir Charles ToddFellow
Capt. James Palladio BaseviFellow
Robert Stirling NewallFellow
Albert EscottFellow
(Johann) Rudolf WolfAssociate
Eddowes BowmanFellow
Eduard LutherAssociate
Edward TyerFellow
Giovan Battista DonatiAssociate
Rev. Nathaniel Stedman GodfreyFellow
William EllisFellow
Rev. Edward Lyon BerthonFellow
John Derby AllcroftFellow
William T. RadfordFellow
John MerrifieldFellow
Joseph MaguireFellow
Rev. Thomas MackerethFellow
John BrowningFellow
Col. Alexander Burton-BrownFellow
George WilliamsFellow
George Granado Graham Foster PigottFellow
Charles StewartFellow
Harry Samuel WilliamsFellow
Baron John William Rayleigh (Strutt)Fellow
Thomas Glazebrook RylandsFellow
Frederick Robert HughesFellow
Baron John William Strutt (Rayleigh)Fellow
John MathesonFellow
Edward John RouthFellow
George HuntFellow
Wilhelm FoersterAssociate
Hermann GoldschmidtAssociate
Truman Henry SaffordAssociate
Georg Friedrich Julius Arthur AuwersAssociate
Richard Anthony ProctorFellow
Thomas Archer HirstFellow
Rev. Frank BesantFellow
Baron Edmund Beckett (Grimthorpe)Fellow
Thomas WarnerFellow
Edward William BrayleyFellow
Edward Ernest BowenFellow
James CarpenterFellow
John MorganFellow
Francis Cranmer PenroseFellow
Alexander Stewart HerschelFellow
William LaddFellow
Balfour StewartFellow
James Whatman BosanquetFellow
Edward CrossleyFellow
Edwin StoryFellow
Samuel CourtauldFellow
William CotterellFellow
Sir David GillFellow
Earl Laurence Rosse (Parsons)Fellow
Earl Laurence Parsons (Rosse)Fellow
George Parker BidderFellow
M-Gen. Alfred Wilks DraysonFellow
George Stickland CriswickFellow
Charles Hartwell Horne CheyneFellow
Bn Sir William Thomson (Kelvin)Fellow
Bn Sir William Kelvin (Thomson)Fellow
Edward John WhiteFellow
Col. Archibald Cuthbert Bigg-WitherFellow
Alfred Fish SmithFellow
George West Royston-PigottFellow
James Robert JonesFellow
Charles BartonFellow
Col. George StrahanFellow
Rev. Robert Prichard DaviesFellow
Rev. Stephen Joseph PerryFellow
Rev. Robert CroweFellow
Rev. John EdwardsFellow
Charles Joseph CorbettFellow
Lieut. John East Hunter PeytonFellow
Charles MeldrumFellow
Carlton John LambertFellow
Edward Henry RichesFellow
George Mitchell SeabrokeFellow