Obituaries | The Royal Astronomical Society

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)

Name	Born	Died	Elected	Membership status
Capt. James Horsburgh	23-09-1762	14-05-1836	29-02-1820	Fellow
Rev. Fearon Fallows	04-07-1789	25-07-1831	29-02-1820	Fellow
Benjamin Gompertz	05-03-1779	15-07-1865	29-02-1820	Fellow
William Wallace	23-09-1768	28-04-1843	29-02-1820	Fellow
Rev. George Peacock	09-04-1791	08-11-1858	29-02-1820	Fellow
Duke Alexander Gordon	18-06-1743	17-06-1827	29-02-1820	Fellow
Charles Babbage	26-12-1792	18-10-1871	08-02-1820	Fellow
Gen Sir Robert Lawrence Dundas	27-07-1780	23-11-1844	08-02-1820	Fellow
Bt John Frederick William Herschel	07-03-1792	11-05-1871	08-02-1820	Fellow
Francis Baily	28-04-1774	30-08-1844	08-02-1820	Fellow
Sir James South		19-10-1867	08-02-1820	Fellow
Edward Troughton		12-06-1835	08-02-1820	Fellow
Sir (Frederick) William Herschel	15-11-1738	25-08-1822	08-02-1820	Fellow
Thomas Jones	24-06-1775	29-07-1852	08-02-1820	Fellow
George Dollond	25-01-1774	13-05-1852	08-02-1820	Fellow
M-Gen. Thomas Frederick Colby	01-09-1784	09-10-1852	08-02-1820	Fellow
Henry Thomas Colebrooke	15-06-1765	10-03-1837	08-02-1820	Fellow
Joshua King	16-01-1798	01-09-1857	08-02-1820	Fellow
Sir Edward Ryan	28-08-1793	22-08-1875	08-02-1820	Fellow
Daniel Moore		06-01-1828	08-02-1820	Fellow
Arthur Baily		08-07-1858	08-02-1820	Fellow
Thomas Leybourn	09-04-1770	01-03-1840	08-02-1820	Fellow
Rev. George Burgess Wildig		09-12-1853	08-02-1820	Fellow
John Pond		07-09-1836	08-02-1820	Fellow
Stephen Groombridge	07-01-1755	30-03-1832	08-02-1820	Fellow
Rev. William Pearson	23-04-1767	06-09-1847	08-02-1820	Fellow
Davies Gilbert	06-03-1767	24-12-1839	08-02-1820	Fellow
C Andrew Murray		07-11-2012		Fellow
Vera C Rubin	23-07-1928	25-12-2016		Fellow
Professor Donald Blackwell	27-05-1927	03-12-2010		Fellow
Jack Meadows		18-07-2016
Alan Moorwood		18-06-2011		Fellow
Sir Bernard Lovell	31-08-1913	06-08-2012		Fellow
Peter David Marshall	13-06-1937	05-10-2012		Fellow
Allan R. Sandage	18-06-1926	13-11-2010		Fellow
Peter D. Hingley	06-10-1951	20-06-2012		Staff
Wallace Leslie William Sargent	15-02-1935	29-10-2012		Fellow
Leon Knopoff	01-07-1925	20-01-2011
Steve Rawlings	11-10-1961	11-01-2012		Fellow