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
Jack Meadows
Raymond HideFellow
Ewan Adair WhitakerFellow
Vera C RubinFellow
Ann SavageFellow
Neil GehrelsHonorary Fellow
Helen J WalkerFellow
John BastinFellow
Donald Lynden-BellFellow
Eigil Friis-ChristensenHonorary Fellow
Michael J ThompsonHonorary Fellow
Riccardo GiacconiHonorary Fellow
Michael William FeastHonorary Fellow
John Campbell BrownFellow
Thomas Richard CarsonFellow
Alan S RodgerFellow
David MossFellow
Johannes GeissHonorary Fellow
Heather CouperFellow
Laike AsfawFellow
Nigel WeissFellow
David Le Conte
John D. BarrowFellow
Arnold Wolfendale
Karl FuchsHonorary Fellow
David CarterFellow
Cornelis de JagerHonorary Fellow
David AitkenFellow
Peter WillmoreFellow
Antony HewishFellow
Michael HoskinHonorary Fellow
Fred TaylorFellow
David MatraversFellow
Richard HillsFellow
David HughesFellow
Peter MolnarFellow
Barbara BromageFellow
Paul RobertsFellow
Jay PasachoffFellow