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
Simon NewcombAssociate
Pierre Jules Cé+C774sar JanssenAssociate
Hubert Anson NewtonAssociate
Giovanni Virginio SchiaparelliAssociate
Johann Karl Friedrich ZöllnerAssociate
William Mattieu WilliamsFellow
Henry PrattFellow
Rev. Samuel Jenkins JohnsonFellow
George Walter RobertsFellow
George WallFellow
James Kennedy EsdaileFellow
Edward RobertsFellow
Col. John HerschelFellow
Rt Hon Edward Henry CooperFellow
Chintamanny Ragoonatha Chary (Charry)Fellow
William GodwardFellow
Harry TaylorFellow
Robert Holford Macdowall BosanquetFellow
Joseph H. FreemanFellow
Rev. Reginald Francis DaleFellow
John BrettFellow
Henry MannFellow
Reginald BushellFellow
James Whitbread Lee GlaisherFellow
William MannFellow
Frederick William LevanderFellow
Edward Williams SnellFellow
Henry Chamberlain RussellFellow
Sir William Henry Mahoney ChristieFellow
Ankitam Venkata Nursing RowFellow
Earl James Ludovic Lindsay CrawfordFellow
Samuel CottamFellow
Earl James Ludovic Lindsay (Crawford-Balcarres)Fellow
Francis BarrowFellow
Joseph SidebothamFellow
Sir Howard GrubbFellow
Charles Henry GattyFellow
James Dyson PerrinsFellow
Carlton John LambertFellow
George Mitchell SeabrokeFellow
Edward Henry RichesFellow
Sir William de Wiveleslie AbneyFellow
Charles MeldrumFellow
Lieut. John East Hunter PeytonFellow
Charles Joseph CorbettFellow
Rev. John EdwardsFellow
Rev. Robert CroweFellow
Rev. Stephen Joseph PerryFellow
Charles BartonFellow
Col. George StrahanFellow
Rev. Robert Prichard DaviesFellow
George West Royston-PigottFellow
James Robert JonesFellow
Col. Archibald Cuthbert Bigg-WitherFellow
Alfred Fish SmithFellow
Edward John WhiteFellow
Bn Sir William Thomson (Kelvin)Fellow
Bn Sir William Kelvin (Thomson)Fellow
Charles Hartwell Horne CheyneFellow
George Stickland CriswickFellow
George Parker BidderFellow
M-Gen. Alfred Wilks DraysonFellow
Sir David GillFellow
William CotterellFellow
Earl Laurence Rosse (Parsons)Fellow
Earl Laurence Parsons (Rosse)Fellow
Samuel CourtauldFellow
Edwin StoryFellow
Edward CrossleyFellow
James Whatman BosanquetFellow
Balfour StewartFellow
William LaddFellow
Alexander Stewart HerschelFellow
Edward Ernest BowenFellow
James CarpenterFellow
John MorganFellow
Francis Cranmer PenroseFellow
Thomas WarnerFellow
Edward William BrayleyFellow
Rev. Frank BesantFellow
Baron Edmund Beckett (Grimthorpe)Fellow
Richard Anthony ProctorFellow
Thomas Archer HirstFellow
Wilhelm FoersterAssociate
Hermann GoldschmidtAssociate
Georg Friedrich Julius Arthur AuwersAssociate
Truman Henry SaffordAssociate
Edward John RouthFellow
George HuntFellow
John MathesonFellow
Baron John William Rayleigh (Strutt)Fellow
Thomas Glazebrook RylandsFellow
Frederick Robert HughesFellow
Baron John William Strutt (Rayleigh)Fellow
Harry Samuel WilliamsFellow
Charles StewartFellow
George Granado Graham Foster PigottFellow
George WilliamsFellow
Col. Alexander Burton-BrownFellow
Rev. Thomas MackerethFellow