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
Walter William BryantFellow
Wallace Leslie William SargentFellow
Samuel Charles WhitbreadFellow
Anne Sewell YoungFellow
John TebbuttFellow
Josias Edward de VilliersFellow
Martin Charles SharpFellow
John StanistreetFellow
Rev. Robert Fermor RendellFellow
Sir Edward RyanFellow
John Stefanos ParaskevopoulosFellow
Stavros PlakidisFellow
John MerrifieldFellow
Benjamin Dennison NaylorFellow
Thomas LeybournFellow
John McLandsboroughFellow
David Nelson LimberFellow
Bn John McLarenFellow
Hamilton Moore JeffersFellow
Sir George Handley KnibbsFellow
Thomas Edward HeathFellow
Alfred HolnessFellow
Murray GeddesFellow
John Edwards GriffithFellow
Capt. Charles EddieFellow
Camille FlammarionFellow
James de Graaff-HunterFellow
Rev. Edward Aurelius AdamsFellow
Penry Vaughan BevanFellow
Peter BarlowFellow
Sir Thomas Makdougall BrisbaneFellow
Alan S RodgerFellow
Bernard PagelFellow
Herbert Gerard TomkinsFellow
Norman David WatkinsFellow
William Marshall SmartFellow
Rev. Henry RoeFellow
Julien PéridierFellow
Rev. Bartholomew PriceFellow
John MorganFellow
James OddieFellow
Charles MasonFellow
John LaverFellow
Godfrey HigginsFellow
Thomas HumphriesFellow
John James Lewis GoodridgeFellow
George Alfred HardingFellow
Capt. Sir Frederick John Owen EvansFellow
Sir William CubittFellow
Eric DoolittleFellow
George CalverFellow
John Alexander ArmstrongFellow
Bahne BonniksenFellow
Joseph BeckFellow
George Douglas BuchananFellow
C Andrew MurrayFellow
Alfred WhiteFellow
Thomas TelfordFellow
William Reynolds VinesFellow
Eber Jachin SharpeFellow
Capt. Owen StanleyFellow
Thomas Glazebrook RylandsFellow
Earl George Parker (Macclesfield)Fellow
Willie Venner MerrifieldFellow
Dr Hugh NeillFellow
Reginald Carter NelsonFellow
Donald MacleanFellow
Lady Bertha Swirles JeffreysFellow
James KnightFellow
Walter HeathFellow
Thomas Herbert Le Sbirel HonyFellow
William Edgar GeilFellow
John GriggFellow
Maj. Lindsay Atkins EddieFellow
Alexander Davidson FlemingFellow
Warren De la RueFellow
Humphrey Barker ChamberlinFellow
Harold John AdamsFellow
Theralandoor Panchapagesa BhaskaranFellow
Rev. Henry Glanville BarnacleFellow
Rev. Walter BriscombeFellow
Heather CouperFellow
Donald Alexander MacRaeFellow
William TomlinsonFellow
L-Col. Harry James WatsonFellow
Rev. Maurice Allen SmeltFellow
William Edward RolstonFellow
Dennis William Siahou SciamaFellow
Henry PerigalFellow
Charles Leeson PrinceFellow
Dr James Adey OgleFellow
Sir Harrie Stewart Wilson MasseyFellow
Henry LawsonFellow
Rev. John Phillips HigmanFellow
George HuntFellow
Henry Bedingfield GoodwinFellow
Harry Savile Ward EvansFellow
Richard Thomas CullenFellow
Sir Henry Percy DouglasFellow
Donald Cameron-SwanFellow