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
Michael SeatonFellow
Samuel TolanskyFellow
Frederick William WatkinFellow
Kenneth Charles BlackwellFellow
David SmartFellow
James Ruthven BrownFellow
Baron Robert John Strutt (Rayleigh)Fellow
Thomas RobsonFellow
Dudley Stewart PerfectFellow
Albert Thomas PriceFellow
Daniel Walter MorehouseFellow
Rev. Edward Dominic O’ConnorFellow
John Grant DaviesFellow
John William DurradFellow
Lieut. Thomas Carter Richardson CarpendaleFellow
Rev. Henry CollinsFellow
Henry Curwen LordFellow
George (= Jiri) AlterFellow
John MarshallFellow
Lt-Col. John JonesFellow
John Harvey JonesFellow
Bt John Charles William HerschelFellow
Leon HufnagelFellow
Peter GrayFellow
William Ernest HartleyFellow
Rev. Adam Storey FarrarFellow
William GalbraithFellow
C Andrew MurrayFellow
Alfred WhiteFellow
Thomas TelfordFellow
William Reynolds VinesFellow
Arthur Frederick BennettFellow
Eber Jachin SharpeFellow
Eddowes BowmanFellow
Capt. Owen StanleyFellow
Thomas Glazebrook RylandsFellow
Earl George Parker (Macclesfield)Fellow
Willie Venner MerrifieldFellow
Dr Hugh NeillFellow
Rev. John Edward CrossFellow
George DollondFellow
Bt Sidney Gerald BurrardFellow
Capt. William ChimmoFellow
William Garrow LettsomFellow
William Grant MacGregorFellow
Arthur Henry BakerFellow
Thomas KingFellow
Daniel HogarthFellow
James Whitbread Lee GlaisherFellow
Frederick Henry ElliottFellow
Andrew Russell ForsythFellow
Alan S RodgerFellow
Bernard PagelFellow
Herbert Gerard TomkinsFellow
Norman David WatkinsFellow
Capt. Francis Price BlackwoodFellow
William Marshall SmartFellow
John Henry BrownFellow
Rev. Henry RoeFellow
Julien PéridierFellow
Rev. Bartholomew PriceFellow
John MorganFellow
James OddieFellow
Rev. Robert Prichard DaviesFellow
Rev. Daniel DuttonFellow
James CarpenterFellow
Edward Howard CollinsonFellow
Augustus Edward Hough LoveFellow
Giuseppe Enrico Gilberto MartelliFellow
Ernest Frederick John LoveFellow
Pamela Helen Mary Rothwell MartelliFellow
David BaxandallFellow
Kenneth Glyn JonesFellow
Bt John Frederick William HerschelFellow
M-Gen. William du Gard GrayFellow
Walter Frederick GaleFellow
Archibald Edmiston RoyFellow
Edward Fawcett WhiteFellow
Cyril YoungFellow
Stefan TemesváryFellow
Bertram BennettFellow
Charles Bousfield ShawFellow
William BowyerFellow
William Ford Robinson StanleyFellow
Rev. Jacobus Cornelius ReynekeFellow
Sir Martin RyleFellow
Samuel Hickling ParkesFellow
Reginald Carter NelsonFellow
Edward CrossleyFellow
Charles Edward BurtonFellow
James Robert ChristieFellow
Sir William de Wiveleslie AbneyFellow
William MacIntyreFellow
Henry Frederick BakerFellow
Rev. Samuel KinnsFellow
Arthur Robert HoggFellow
John GlaisherFellow
Capt. Basil HallFellow
Henry EllisFellow
Capt. Henry FosterFellow