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
Capt. James HorsburghFellow
John RamageFellow
Bishop John BrinkleyFellow
Edward TroughtonFellow
Capt. Henry KaterFellow
R-A Hn George Heneage Lawrence DundasFellow
Thomas TelfordFellow
Karl Ludwig HardingAssociate
John FullerFellow
Col. Frederick PageFellow
Don Felipe BauzáAssociate
Capt. John BethamFellow
Godfrey HigginsFellow
Johann Georg von SoldnerAssociate
Pietro CaturegliAssociate
Carlo BrioschiAssociate
Adrien-Marie LegendreAssociate
Count Barnaba OrianiAssociate
Baron Franz Xaver von ZachAssociate
Stephen GroombridgeFellow
Jean Louis PonsAssociate
Rev. Fearon FallowsFellow
Abbé Henri GrégoireAssociate
Capt. Henry FosterFellow
Cmdr Thomas BotelerFellow
William Hyde WollastonFellow
Capt. Pringle StokesFellow
Daniel MooreFellow
Rev. Lewis EvansFellow
Duke Alexander GordonFellow
Marq. Pierre Simon de LaplaceAssociate
Johann Elert BodeAssociate
Guiseppe PiazziAssociate
Joseph von FraunhoferAssociate
William CaryFellow
Charles HuttonFellow
Col William LambtonFellow
Sir (Frederick) William HerschelFellow
Mark AndersonFellow