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
Theodore MackenzieFellow
Thomas Corbyn JansonFellow
Joseph KleiberFellow
Alexander John Samuel AdamsFellow
John Thomas BarberFellow
Robert Thorburn Ayton InnesFellow
Capt. Thomas GravesFellow
Capt. Jasper Nicolls HarrisonFellow
Archibald Edmiston RoyFellow
Walter Frederick GaleFellow
Cmdr. James WolfeFellow
Philip James MessageFellow
Frank Campbell DumatFellow
Rev. Francis Anthony TondorfFellow
John WatsonFellow
Alfred Fish SmithFellow
Sir John Anthony CarrollFellow
William Henry BesantFellow
Gustavus Wynne CookFellow
Charles Henry Brewitt-TaylorFellow
Cntss Maria Victoria Vicenta de RivasFellow
Bernard Page ScattergoodFellow
Rev. James PearsonFellow
John Merrill PoorFellow
John Ashton NichollsFellow
Edward Joseph LoweFellow
Arthur Burnett MartinFellow
Rhishard Llewellyn JonesFellow
George Darley LardnerFellow
William Morris BeaufortFellow
Patrick Henry HepburnFellow
Elijah HowarthFellow
James Whitbread Lee GlaisherFellow
Cecil Goodrich Julius DolmageFellow
Henry Samuel EllisFellow
Rev. Percival Alfred FothergillFellow
Violet Florence WhiteFellow
Rev. S. Runsie CraigFellow
Rev. Thomas DickFellow
François Joseph Charles TerbyFellow
Rev. Athanasius Francis Diedrich WackerbarthFellow
Sir William Napier ShawFellow
Robert StephensonFellow
Reginald BushellFellow
Rev. John Thomas Windmill ClaridgeFellow
George Cox BompasFellow
Arthur Alcock RambautFellow
Rev. James Peter RowlandFellow
Robert Edward Beaumont MunroFellow
Arthur Everard LevinFellow
Capt. Thomas MackenzieFellow
Sydney Turner KleinFellow
Charles Edward AdamsFellow
Arthur Kett BarclayFellow
George Denton HirstFellow
Bn John Inverclyde (Burns)Fellow
Peter GrayFellow
William Ernest HartleyFellow
William Moses FeldmanFellow
Sir Charles Galton DarwinFellow
R-A Hn George Heneage Lawrence DundasFellow
Patrick Joseph TreanorFellow
William Livingstone WatsonFellow
Charles Frederick Ortmann SmithFellow
Mqs John Crichton Stuart (Bute)Fellow
Albert Edward CarterFellow
Walter Ernest BesleyFellow
James CookFellow
William BriggsFellow
Frank RobbinsFellow
Rev. William PearsonFellow
Sidney Herbert PopeFellow
Rev. Henry Joseph Boone NicholsonFellow
Bt John William LubbockFellow
William (‘Bill’) L. MartinFellow
Thomas JonesFellow
Sir Joseph LarmorFellow
William LassellFellow
Angus ArmitageFellow
R-Adm Alexander Bridport BecherFellow
Alexander Hamilton HoweFellow
John GlaisherFellow
Capt. Basil HallFellow
Thomas Flower EllisFellow
David Ross FotheringhamFellow
Edward Turner WhitelowFellow
Earl James Ludovic Lindsay CrawfordFellow
John DickinsonFellow
Rev. Thomas Robert TerryFellow
John Henry III WaddellFellow
Charles ShearmanFellow
Phillip D. SternFellow
Warin Foster BushellFellow
Edwin ClarkFellow
Sir David BruntFellow
Gunnar RandersFellow
William RoxburghFellow
David Bedell PickeringFellow
Bt Roderick Impey MurchisonFellow
Thomas LewisFellow