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
John Henry III WaddellFellow
Rev. Peter Hately WaddellFellow
Edward Bruce Herschel WadeFellow
John May WaldenFellow
Helen J WalkerFellow
Charles Clement WalkerFellow
Charles Vincent WalkerFellow
Sears Cook WalkerAssociate
George WallFellow
William WallaceFellow
William Henry WalmsleyFellow
Hugh WalshamFellow
John WaltonFellow
Rev. Michael WardFellow
Col. Michael Foster WardFellow
Francis James WardaleFellow
M-Gen William Henry WardellFellow
Thomas WarnerFellow
Worcester Reed WarnerFellow
R-Adm. John WashingtonFellow
Henry Addenbrook WassellFellow
Dr Reginald Lawson WaterfieldFellow
William Francis Herschel WaterfieldFellow
M-Gen. James WaterhouseFellow
John WaterhouseFellow
Henry Hayden WatersFellow
Sidney WatersFellow
Frederick William WatkinFellow
Norman David WatkinsFellow
L-Col. Harry James WatsonFellow
John WatsonFellow
John WatsonFellow
William Livingstone WatsonFellow
Chester Burleigh WattsFellow
Rev. Samuel Wilkes WaudFellow
Rev. William Robert Maurice WaughFellow
Patrick Arthur WaymanFellow, later Associate
Rev. Thomas William WeareFellow
Robert Rumsey WebbFellow
Rev. Thomas William WebbFellow
Arthur Huish WebberFellow
Thomas WeddleFellow
Francis Richard Wegg-ProsserFellow
Thomas WeirFellow
Edmund WeissAssociate
Nigel WeissFellow
Maximilian Ritter von WeisseAssociate
Rev. Alfred WeldFellow
Edward WeldonFellow
Capt. George Joseph WeldrickFellow
Jacob WernerFellow
Arthur Robert WesleyFellow
Adriaan Jan WesselinkFellow
Charles James WestlandFellow
Adm. Sir William James Lloyd WhartonFellow
John Anthony Joseph WhelanFellow
Rev. William WhewellFellow
Francis John Welsh WhippleFellow
Ewan Adair WhitakerFellow
Samuel Charles WhitbreadFellow
Raymond E WhiteFellow
Alfred WhiteFellow
Edward Fawcett WhiteFellow
Edward John WhiteFellow
Thomas Reynolds WhiteFellow
Violet Florence WhiteFellow
Edward Turner WhitelowFellow
Charles Thomas WhitmellFellow
Gerald James WhitrowFellow
Sir Edmund Taylor WhittakerFellow
Rev. John William WhittakerFellow
Uco van WijkFellow
John Marsh WilcoxFellow
Charles Heard WildFellow
Rev. George Burgess WildigFellow
Rupert WildtFellow
Rev. Henry John WilkinsFellow
William WillettFellow
Arthur Stanley WilliamsFellow
Evan Gwyn WilliamsFellow
George WilliamsFellow
Arthur Stanley WilliamsFellow
Harry Samuel WilliamsFellow
Lieut. Hugh WilliamsFellow
John WilliamsFellow
William Mattieu WilliamsFellow
Phil J S WilliamsFellow
Peter WillmoreFellow
William WilsonFellow
William WilsonFellow
William Edward WilsonFellow
Fiammetta Wilson [née Worthington]Fellow
Rev. Thomas WiltshireFellow
Friedrich August Theodor WinneckeAssociate
Wieslaw Zygmunt WisniewskiFellow
William Moody WitchellFellow
Józef WitkowskiFellow
Charles Joseph C1728‰tienne WolfAssociate
Maximilian (‘Max’) Franz Joseph Cornelius WolfFellow, later Associate
(Johann) Rudolf WolfAssociate