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
Mqs John Crichton Stuart (Bute)Fellow
M-Gen. Henry ShrapnelFellow
Bt Robert Harry InglisFellow
Jean Felix Adolphe GambartAssociate
John RowbothamFellow
M-Gen. Joseph Ellison PortlockFellow
John RamageFellow
Ottaviano Fabrizio MossottiAssociate
Siméon Denis PoissonAssociate
Capt. Pringle StokesFellow
Capt. Thomas GravesFellow
V’count Robert Saunders Dundas (Melville)Fellow
William Henry FittonFellow
Capt. William Samuel StratfordFellow
Rev. Henry Joseph Boone NicholsonFellow
Baron Bernhard August von LindenauAssociate
James PettitFellow
Giovanni Sante Gaspero SantiniAssociate
Johann Georg von SoldnerAssociate
Giovanni Battista AmiciAssociate
Rev. Richard SheepshanksFellow
Joseph von FraunhoferAssociate
Capt. Henry FosterFellow
M-Gen. John Anthony HodgsonFellow
Niccolò CacciatoreAssociate
Charles ShearmanFellow
Earl William Parsons (Rosse)Fellow
R-Adm. Frederick William BeecheyFellow
Earl William Rosse (Parsons)Fellow
Jean Louis PonsAssociate
Johann Franz EnckeAssociate
John LeeFellow
Sir William CubittFellow
Thomas NorrisFellow
Baron Giovanni Antonio Amedeo PlanaAssociate
Thomas DonkinFellow
Richard TaylorFellow
Col. Sir George EverestFellow
Friedrich Georg Wilhelm StruveAssociate
Capt. Sir John FranklinFellow
Col William LambtonFellow
William Henry Fox TalbotFellow
Rev. Henry CoddingtonFellow
Sir Rowland HillFellow
Carlo BrioschiAssociate
Charles HuttonFellow
Dr James Adey OgleFellow
Edward RiddleFellow
Jean Alfred GautierAssociate
R Adm. William Henry ShirreffFellow
Jean François AragoAssociate
Rev. Lewis EvansFellow
V-Adm. William Fitzwilliam OwenFellow
Adm. Alexis Samuilovich GreigFellow
Friedrich Wilhelm BesselAssociate
Marq. Pierre Simon de LaplaceAssociate
John Frederic(k) TrechselAssociate
Thomas Ignatius Maria ForsterFellow
John FullerFellow
Baron Franz Xaver von ZachAssociate
Johann Joseph von LittrowAssociate
Rev. John Phillips HigmanFellow
Richard BestFellow
Adm. William Henry SmythFellow
Rev. William FarishFellow
Louis Hayes PetitFellow
Count Barnaba OrianiAssociate
Earl George Parker MacclesfieldFellow
Earl George Parker (Macclesfield)Fellow
Guiseppe PiazziAssociate
Gerard MollAssociate
Heinrich Christian SchumacherAssociate
Johann Elert BodeAssociate
John Webb WoollgarFellow
William Chadwell MylneFellow
Rev. William WhewellFellow
Heinrich Wilhelm Mathias OlbersAssociate
Carl Frederick GaussAssociate
R-A Sir John RossFellow
Karl Ludwig HardingAssociate
Rev. Miles BlandFellow
Rev. John William WhittakerFellow
Jean-Baptiste BiotAssociate
Capt. Basil HallFellow
Dr John BostockFellow
Bishop John BrinkleyFellow
R-A. Sir Francis BeaufortFellow
Thomas TelfordFellow
Rev. Thomas CattonFellow
Bryan DonkinFellow
Rev. Henry Parr HamiltonFellow
Rev. James Collett EbdenFellow
William AllenFellow
Thomas Flower EllisFellow
Olinthus Gilbert GregoryFellow
Robert StevensonFellow
Rev. Michael WardFellow
Rev. George PeacockFellow
Duke Alexander GordonFellow
Baron John WrottesleyFellow