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
Fred TaylorFellow
John D. BarrowFellow
Alan DouglasFellow
Edward Rowell BentonFellow
Phil J S WilliamsFellow
Colin PillingerFellow
Harry ElliotFellow
Daniel Alberto ValencioAssociate
Margherita HackHonorary Fellow
Dyfrig JonesFellow
Christopher John SkinnerFellow
Rebecca Anne Wood ElsonFellow
Riccardo GiacconiHonorary Fellow
Johannes GeissHonorary Fellow
David MatraversFellow
Keith Colin SmithFellow
Karl FuchsHonorary Fellow
Donald F. TrombinoFellow
David HughesFellow
David Le Conte
Robert Hanbury BrownFellow
Eigil Friis-ChristensenHonorary Fellow
Andy BreenFellow
Peter MolnarFellow
Alan David JohnstoneFellow
Gerhard MüllerAssociate
Barbara BromageFellow
Paul RuffleFellow
John GriffithsFellow
Mike CrippsFellow
Sir Harry KrotoHonorary Fellow
Laike AsfawFellow
Virpi NiemelaAssociate
Michael HoskinHonorary Fellow
David CarterFellow
Bruce SwinyardFellow
Neil GehrelsHonorary Fellow
Michael J ThompsonHonorary Fellow
Mark AndersonFellow