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
Kenneth Harold OlsenFellow
Adm. Sir Erasmus OmmanneyFellow
Rev. William Lake OnslowFellow
Jan Hendrik OortFellow, later Associate
Ernst Julius ÖpikFellow
Theodor Ritter von OppolzerAssociate
Count Barnaba OrianiAssociate
Francis Henry Samuel OrpenFellow
R-Adm. Henry Charles OtterFellow
William OttwayFellow
Jean Abraham Chrétien OudemansAssociate
Michael William OvendenFellow
Rev. Arthur Edwin Brisco OwenFellow
V-Adm. William Fitzwilliam OwenFellow
Capt. Ernest William OwensFellow
William Henry OwstonFellow
Rev. Daniel Joseph Kelly O’ConnellFellow
Rev. Edward Dominic O’ConnorFellow
Rev. William J. O’LearyFellow
Bohdan PaczyńskiFellow, later Associate
Col. Frederick PageFellow
Julius PageFellow
William Irving PageFellow
Bernard PagelFellow
Rev. Harold PainFellow
Henry Proctor PalmerFellow
M-Gen. Henry Spencer PalmerFellow
William Henry PalmerFellow
John Stefanos ParaskevopoulosFellow
Earl George Parker (Macclesfield)Fellow
Samuel Hickling ParkesFellow
John Adelbert ParkhurstFellow
Rev. Stephen ParkinsonFellow
William Alfred ParrFellow
Sir Charles Algernon ParsonsFellow
Earl Laurence Parsons (Rosse)Fellow
Earl William Parsons (Rosse)Fellow
Jay PasachoffFellow
Gen. Sir Charles William PasleyFellow
Hugh Lee PattinsonFellow
Joseph Lade PawseyFellow
Cecilia Helena Payne-GaposchkinFellow, later Associate
Rev. George PeacockFellow
Horace PearceFellow
Sir Robert PearceFellow
Reginald William Blake PearseFellow
George PearsonFellow
Rev. James PearsonFellow
Rev. William PearsonFellow
Francis Gladheim PeaseFellow
Bt R-A Samuel John Brooke PechellFellow
Sir William PeckFellow
Olaf PedersenFellow, later Associate
Robert PeeblesFellow
Sir Cuthbert Edgar PeekFellow
Rev. John Newton PeillFellow
Benjamin PeirceAssociate
Sir John PenderFellow
Charles PendleburyFellow
Francis Cranmer PenroseFellow
Michael Victor PenstonFellow
John Louis PerdrixFellow
Dudley Stewart PerfectFellow
Julien PéridierFellow
Henry PerigalFellow
Rev. Thomas PerkinsFellow
Charles Dillon PerrineAssociate
Charles William Dyson PerrinsFellow
James Dyson PerrinsFellow
Rev. Stephen Joseph PerryFellow
Christian August Friedrich PetersAssociate
Christian Heinrich Friedrich PetersAssociate
Adolphus Cornelius PetersenAssociate
Sir William PetersenFellow
Louis Hayes PetitFellow
James George PetrieFellow
James PettitFellow
Lieut. John East Hunter PeytonFellow
Rev. Edmund Sixtus PhillipsFellow
Montagu Austin PhillipsFellow
Rev. Theodore Evelyn Reece PhillipsFellow
Guiseppe PiazziAssociate
David Bedell PickeringFellow
Edward Charles PickeringAssociate
William Henry PickeringAssociate
John (‘Jack’) Hobart PiddingtonFellow
William Montgomery PiersonFellow
George Granado Graham Foster PigottFellow
Oluf Andreas Löwold PihlFellow
Sydney Royston PikeFellow
Solomon Borisovich Pikel’nerAssociate
Colin PillingerFellow
Stefan Leon PiotrowskiFellow
Baron Henry Pirbright (de Worms)Fellow
Paris Marie Pismis de RecillasFellow
Stavros PlakidisFellow
Baron Giovanni Antonio Amedeo PlanaAssociate
Emile PlantamourAssociate
Harry Hemley PlaskettFellow
John Stanley PlaskettFellow