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
C Andrew MurrayFellow
Rev. Frederick HowlettFellow
James Thomas JacksonFellow
Hisashi KimuraAssociate
James Ruthven BrownFellow
Lieut. Thomas Carter Richardson CarpendaleFellow
Isaac MolloyFellow
Julien VertuFellow
Eyre Burton PowellFellow
John GlaisherFellow
Herbert George RobinsFellow
Cyril YoungFellow
Rev. William HallFellow
Rev. Francis Benjamin AllisonFellow
Richard HodgsonFellow
Pierre Joseph Célestin BaumeFellow
Thomas KingFellow
Frederick William LevanderFellow
Ernest CarpmaelFellow
John NarrienFellow
Ankitam Venkata Nursing RowFellow
Henry Samuel EllisFellow
Dr Benjamin GodfreyFellow
Henry HarveyFellow
Thomas William BushFellow
Peter ClareFellow
Benjamin Dennison NaylorFellow
William, Jr TomlinsonFellow
Dr Edward Osborne FountainFellow
S. Lynn RhorerFellow
Violet Florence WhiteFellow
Chev. François de RosazFellow
Henry William JeansFellow
Rev. Frank BesantFellow
Joshua JukesFellow
Capt. John SteeleFellow
William Alfred ParrFellow
Rev. Thomas Robert TerryFellow
John Edmund RichardFellow
Capt. John HiggensFellow
Rev. Thomas CattonFellow
Herbert SadlerFellow
James Lidderdale ScottFellow
Anne SheepshanksHonorary Fellow
Alfred MorrisFellow
David SmithFellow
Wentworth ErckFellow
John May WaldenFellow
George Francis RiddifordFellow
Adam HilgerFellow
Charles HoodFellow
Rev. Philip HuntFellow
George Douglas BuchananFellow
Charles John Philip CaveFellow
Lieut. St Andrew St. JohnFellow
Major Thomas Henry Shadwell ClerkeFellow
Rev. John CrouchFellow
James Kennedy EsdaileFellow
Murray GeddesFellow
John James Lewis GoodridgeFellow
John Edwards GriffithFellow
Wladimír Wáclav HeinrichFellow
Rev. James William St. Clare HillFellow
Rev. Henry Glanville BarnacleFellow
M-Gen. Henry Herbert LeeFellow
Capt. George Tyrrell McCawFellow
Philip James ChabotFellow
Thomas Hugh CloseFellow
William Arthur SmithFellow
Rev. William DealtryFellow
Maj. Lindsay Atkins EddieFellow
James PettitFellow
Alexander Davidson FlemingFellow
William Henry WalmsleyFellow
Henry Tresawna GerransFellow
Emanuel Joseph RistoriFellow
Arthur Stanley WilliamsFellow
Thomas GordonFellow
Reginald James HarmanJunior Member
John Robinson AireyFellow
Jack Meadows
Dr John BostockFellow
John Robinson McCleanFellow
Edward Williams SnellFellow
Capt. Pringle StokesFellow
R-Adm. Henry Charles OtterFellow
George PearsonFellow
Rev. Michael WardFellow
Alan MoorwoodFellow
Joseph HoughFellow
Francis BarrowFellow
Lady Mary Thomazine LockyerFellow
Sidney Wilcox McCuskeyFellow
Henry MannFellow
Thomas CushingFellow
Wendell Carden DeMarcusFellow
Rev. John EdwardsFellow
Spencer Lavington FletcherFellow
M-Gen William Henry WardellFellow
Rev. William Robinson GilbyFellow