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
Sir Thomas Makdougall BrisbaneFellow
Capt. James HorsburghFellow
Rev. Fearon FallowsFellow
William WallaceFellow
Benjamin GompertzFellow
Robert StevensonFellow
Thomas LeybournFellow
John PondFellow
Stephen GroombridgeFellow
Sir James SouthFellow
Rev. William PearsonFellow
Davies GilbertFellow
Charles BabbageFellow
Edward TroughtonFellow
Gen Sir Robert Lawrence DundasFellow
Bt John Frederick William HerschelFellow
Francis BailyFellow
Rev. George Burgess WildigFellow
Sir (Frederick) William HerschelFellow
Thomas JonesFellow
George DollondFellow
M-Gen. Thomas Frederick ColbyFellow
Henry Thomas ColebrookeFellow
Sir Edward RyanFellow
Joshua KingFellow
Arthur BailyFellow
Daniel MooreFellow
Vera C RubinFellow
Professor Donald BlackwellFellow
Jack Meadows
Alan MoorwoodFellow
Sir Bernard LovellFellow
Peter David MarshallFellow
Allan R. SandageFellow
Peter D. HingleyStaff
Wallace Leslie William SargentFellow
Leon Knopoff
Steve RawlingsFellow
C Andrew MurrayFellow