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. Frederick HowlettFellow
James Thomas JacksonFellow
Hisashi KimuraAssociate
James Ruthven BrownFellow
Lieut. Thomas Carter Richardson CarpendaleFellow
Isaac MolloyFellow
Arthur Huish WebberFellow
Leslie WoolvenFellow
Eyre Burton PowellFellow
John GlaisherFellow
Herbert George RobinsFellow
Rev. Francis Benjamin AllisonFellow
Richard HodgsonFellow
Pierre Joseph Célestin BaumeFellow
Thomas KingFellow
Lady Mary Helena SaltounFellow
Frederick William LevanderFellow
William Leslie Hazelwood ShuterFellow
Ernest CarpmaelFellow
Rev. Walter Edward StewartFellow
John NarrienFellow
Hugh WalshamFellow
Ankitam Venkata Nursing RowFellow
Thomas WeirFellow
Henry Samuel EllisFellow
Hale WorthamFellow
Dr Benjamin GodfreyFellow
Laike AsfawFellow
Rev. William HallFellow
Thomas William BushFellow
Peter ClareFellow
Benjamin Dennison NaylorFellow
Lieut. Hugh WilliamsFellow
Dr Edward Osborne FountainFellow
S. Lynn RhorerFellow
Chev. François de RosazFellow
Henry HarveyFellow
Henry William JeansFellow
Rev. Frank BesantFellow
Joshua JukesFellow
James SimmsFellow
Jacob WernerFellow
William Alfred ParrFellow
John Edmund RichardFellow
Capt. John HiggensFellow
Alan James SkinnerFellow
Rev. Thomas CattonFellow
Rev. Thomas Allen SouthwoodFellow
Col. George StrahanFellow
Alfred MorrisFellow
Henry Addenbrook WassellFellow
Charles James WestlandFellow
Wentworth ErckFellow
George Francis RiddifordFellow
Adam HilgerFellow
Charles HoodFellow
Rev. Philip HuntFellow
George Douglas BuchananFellow
Cmdr. Michael Atwell SlaterFellow
Charles John Philip CaveFellow
Dr Edmund Johnson SpittaFellow
Major Thomas Henry Shadwell ClerkeFellow
Rev. John CrouchFellow
James Kennedy EsdaileFellow
Murray GeddesFellow
John James Lewis GoodridgeFellow
Johannes GeissHonorary Fellow
John Edwards GriffithFellow
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
Rev. Charles StrongFellow
Rev. William DealtryFellow
Maj. Lindsay Atkins EddieFellow
James PettitFellow
Alexander Davidson FlemingFellow
Henry Tresawna GerransFellow
Emanuel Joseph RistoriFellow
Thomas GordonFellow
Cecil Goodrich Julius DolmageFellow
Wladimír Wáclav HeinrichFellow
Dr John BostockFellow
John Robinson McCleanFellow
John StanistreetFellow
Stefan TemesváryFellow
R-Adm. Henry Charles OtterFellow
Thomas Reynolds WhiteFellow
George PearsonFellow
Cmdr. James WolfeFellow
Jesse YoungFellow
Reginald James HarmanJunior Member
John Robinson AireyFellow
Joseph HoughFellow
Francis BarrowFellow
Lady Mary Thomazine LockyerFellow
Sidney Wilcox McCuskeyFellow
Henry MannFellow