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
Johann Joseph von LittrowAssociate
Johann Friedrich Julius SchmidtAssociate
Karl Ludwig von LittrowAssociate
Eduard SchönfeldAssociate
Marian Albertovich Kowalksi (Kovalsky)Associate
Jean DufayAssociate
Lambert Adolphe Jacques QueteletAssociate
Theodor Ritter von OppolzerAssociate
Cmdr Matthew Fontaine MauryAssociate
George Ellery HaleAssociate
Aristarch Apollonievic BelopolskyAssociate
Hubert Anson NewtonAssociate
Johann Heinrich von MädlerAssociate
Count Barnaba OrianiAssociate
Felix-Victor MauvaisAssociate
Asaph HallAssociate
Francis (Francesco) de VicoAssociate
Augustus Ludovick BuschAssociate
Jean Louis PonsAssociate
Richard SchorrAssociate
Carl Nicolaus Adalbert KruegerAssociate
Johannes Franz HartmannAssociate
Hervé Étienne Auguste Albans FayeAssociate
Heinrich Louis D’ArrestAssociate
Alexander Dallas BacheAssociate
Felix Andries Vening MeineszAssociate
Jean Charles Rodolphe RadauAssociate
Adrien-Marie LegendreAssociate
Hannes Olof Gösta AlfvénAssociate
Count Philippe Gustave Doulcet PontécoulantAssociate
Jens Frederik Wilhelm SchroeterAssociate
Boris Vasilievich KukarkinAssociate
Mathieu Prosper HenryAssociate
Johann Gottfried GalleAssociate
(Carl Hermann) Gustav MüllerAssociate
Arnold Wolfendale
David Le Conte
Jack Meadows
Leon Knopoff