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
Alan HunterFellow
Charles Edward BurtonFellow
Thomas CushingFellow
James Robert ChristieFellow
Arthur Matthew Weld DowningFellow
L-Gen. James Francis TennantFellow
Bertram BennettFellow
Sir David GillFellow
Joan George Erardus Gijsbertus VoûteFellow
William BowyerFellow
Joseph GwiltFellow
Burdett MasonFellow
Frank N., Jr EdmondsFellow
Rev. James EdmonstoneFellow
Joseph Supino AnconaFellow
Joseph BaxendellFellow
Sir William PetersenFellow
John William Robinson PunchFellow
Sir Otto JafféFellow
Rev. Edward Bruce KirkFellow
Rev. (John) Thomas Romney RobinsonFellow
Sir Arthur SchusterFellow
Arthur Mason WorthingtonFellow
Joseph SidebothamFellow
Arthur Grant StillhamerFellow
Helen J WalkerFellow
Donald MugglestoneFellow
Rev. Herbert HedleyFellow
Benjamin John HopkinsFellow
Samuel Elsworth CottamFellow
Ernest CarpmaelFellow
Leslie John ComrieFellow
Patrick Joseph TreanorFellow
Rev. Miles BlandFellow
Richard Francis Turney GrangerFellow
William Livingstone WatsonFellow
Benjamin Chapman BrowneFellow
David Nelson LimberFellow
Charles Hope HarrisFellow
Bn John McLarenFellow
Thomas Luther EvansFellow
William FrendFellow
Robert Morrison AbrahamFellow
Joseph Lade PawseyFellow
Bt Jonathan Frederick PollockFellow
Reginald Victor JonesFellow
Ernest Ralph LapwoodFellow
Edward Ayearst ReevesFellow
John Obadiah Newell RutterFellow
George WilliamsFellow
Adm. William Henry SmythFellow
Mike CrippsFellow
John Fletcher MillerFellow
Col. Alexander Burton-BrownFellow
Adm. Sir Herbert Edward Purey CustFellow
Sir William Henry Mahoney ChristieFellow
Solomon Moses DrachFellow
François Joseph Charles TerbyFellow
John Caister BennettFellow
James GillFellow
Rev. Athanasius Francis Diedrich WackerbarthFellow
Joseph Bevan BraithwaiteFellow
Charles MasonFellow
David James Reginald EdneyFellow
Alan FletcherFellow
William AndersonFellow
William Morley BaxterFellow
Louis Hayes PetitFellow
Thomas Corbyn JansonFellow
Joseph KleiberFellow
Thomas RobsonFellow
Rev. Walter SidgreavesFellow
Capt. Pringle StokesFellow
John BastinFellow
Francis Henry Samuel OrpenFellow
Wladimír Wáclav HeinrichFellow
Thomas HopkirkFellow
William CotterellFellow
Frank George Griffith CarrFellow
Augustus De MorganFellow
Alexander Eugen ConradyFellow
Robert GrantFellow
Chester Burleigh WattsFellow
James Stark BrowneFellow
Daniel Lester III HarrisFellow
Donald MacleanFellow
Col. Sir George EverestFellow
Rev. Daniel AceFellow
Sir Robert Stawell BallFellow
Kennet PollockFellow
Rhishard Llewellyn JonesFellow
George Darley LardnerFellow
Rev. Robert Fermor RendellFellow
Sir Edward RyanFellow
Harry Samuel WilliamsFellow
J Mayo GreenbergFellow
Edward Williams SnellFellow
Peter Yorke MillnsFellow
John NewtonFellow
Rev. James William St. Clare HillFellow