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
Stephen Peter RigaudFellow
Gen. Edward Charles FromeFellow
William FrostFellow
Capt. Owen StanleyFellow
Sir Nicholas Conyngham TindalFellow
Adm. Sir Edward BelcherFellow
Johann von [John] LamontAssociate
Friedrich Magnus SchwerdAssociate
Capt. William Stephen JacobFellow
John WaterhouseFellow
Peter Andreas HansenAssociate
James John DownesFellow
Thomas GaskinFellow
George InnesFellow
James LockhartFellow
Rev. James ChallisFellow
Rev. Robert MainFellow
Capt. John GroverFellow
King Frederick VI DenmarkHonorary Fellow
Adm. Russell Henry MannersFellow
Charles MayFellow
Lt-Col. John JonesFellow
Count Philippe Gustave Doulcet PontécoulantAssociate
Otto August RosenbergerAssociate
William Tierney ClarkFellow
William ScottFellow
Mary Somerville [née Fairfax, other married name Greig]Honorary Fellow
Caroline Lucretia HerschelHonorary Fellow
Rev. Charles TurnorFellow
John Obadiah Newell RutterFellow
Rev. Samuel Wilkes WaudFellow
Gen. Sir Charles William PasleyFellow
Ernesto CapocciAssociate
Rev. Robert MiddlemistFellow
Lt-G Sir William Thomas DenisonFellow
M-Gen. Robert ShortredeFellow
Rev. William Robinson GilbyFellow
Henry LawsonFellow
Henry HarveyFellow
Thomas Wright HillFellow
Lieut. Hastings Fitz-Edward MurphyFellow
John NarrienFellow
Capt. Henry KaterFellow
Richard AbbattFellow
Godfrey HigginsFellow
Joseph GwiltFellow
Charles HoodFellow
Adrien-Marie LegendreAssociate
Thomas TurnerFellow
Manuel John JohnsonFellow
William FrendFellow
Thomas HendersonFellow
Baron Marie Charles Théodore DamoiseauAssociate
Cmdr. Michael Atwell SlaterFellow
Don Felipe BauzáAssociate
Bt R-A Samuel John Brooke PechellFellow
R-A Hn George Heneage Lawrence DundasFellow
William Devonshire SaullFellow
George FrostFellow
Earl Edwin Richard Windham Wyndham Quin (Dunraven)Fellow
Earl Edwin Richard Windham Wyndham-Quin(Dunraven)Fellow
Rev. James InmanFellow
Major Thomas Henry Shadwell ClerkeFellow
Friedrich Wilhelm August ArgelanderAssociate
William SimmsFellow
William Charles CoxFellow
Capt. John BethamFellow
R-Adm Alexander Bridport BecherFellow
Rev. Dr William Rutter DawesFellow
Capt. Thomas DrummondFellow
Rev. (John) Thomas Romney RobinsonFellow
Francisco CarliniAssociate
Gen. Ferdinando ViscontiAssociate
Bt David SalomonsFellow
Rev. Adam SedgwickFellow
Pietro CaturegliAssociate
George BishopFellow
Abbé Henri GrégoireAssociate
Lieut. Henry RaperFellow
Nathaniel BowditchAssociate
John Lewis(Johann Ludwig) TiarksFellow
Cmdr. James WolfeFellow
Charles Blacker VignolesFellow
Peter BarlowFellow
Sir William Rowan HamiltonFellow
William Hyde WollastonFellow
Sir Thomas MaclearFellow
Earl Anthony Ashley Cooper (Shaftesbury)Fellow
Duke Augustus Frederick SussexFellow
Cmdr Thomas BotelerFellow
Sir George Biddell AiryFellow
Augustus De MorganFellow
Col. Frederick PageFellow
Rev. Philip HuntFellow
Bt John William LubbockFellow
Lambert Adolphe Jacques QueteletAssociate
Thomas GallowayFellow
Rev. Henry Adams Sergison AtwoodFellow
Rev. George FisherFellow
Mqs John Crichton Stuart (Bute)Fellow