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
Rev. Henry Cooper KeyFellow
William Ralph MechaelisFellow
M-Gen William Henry WardellFellow
Harry Krauss NieldFellow
Rev. Paul Wynyard FaircloughFellow
Alan MoorwoodFellow
William Montgomery PiersonFellow
Charles HowellFellow
Stanley Philip BengeFellow
Isaac BrownFellow
Sir James SouthFellow
Edwin StoryFellow
Gertrude LongbottomFellow
Capt. Robert Cumming McFeeFellow
Ernest TillotsonFellow
Antonio Vela-HerranzFellow
James Arthur FormoyFellow
William Edward RaymondFellow
Peter GrayFellow
William RutherfordFellow
William Ernest HartleyFellow
Rev. George Stewart HitchcockFellow
Jacob HoyerFellow
Thomas BauchopeFellow
John Eric JacksonFellow
Lt-Col. John JonesFellow
William ShackletonFellow
William BowyerFellow
John Samuel SlaterFellow
Hyman Solomon SpiglFellow
William MacIntyreFellow
William Harold TingeyFellow
R-Adm Charles Edward MonroFellow
Charles Robert d’EsterreFellow
Thomas NorrisFellow
Capt. Henry FosterFellow
Maxwell HallFellow
Richard AbbattFellow
Leon HufnagelFellow
Bernhard Richard BaumgardtFellow
Rev. Edward Bruce KirkFellow
Ernest Ralph LapwoodFellow
John BrowningFellow
Basil Reginald Hamilton Taylour (Taylor)Fellow
Henry Hayden WatersFellow
Daniel MooreFellow
Julien PéridierFellow
Lieut. Augustus Percival GreeneFellow
Arthur BailyFellow
Edward HughesFellow
William SmalleyFellow
Edward Tremlett CarterFellow
Burdett MasonFellow
William Reynolds VinesFellow
Frederick Richard CrippsFellow
Norman David WatkinsFellow
Anil Kumar DasFellow
Edwin Thomas HoldawayFellow
Walter Ernest BesleyFellow
Charles Bousfield ShawFellow
Maj. John CassellsFellow
Rev. Francis Anthony TondorfFellow
Rt Hon Edward Henry CooperFellow
Rudolph MoritzFellow
James EppsFellow
Dudley KM FullerFellow
John Johnston RossFellow
Arthur HandsFellow
Edward Rupert HicksFellow
Dr Robert BallardFellow
George HuntFellow
Capt. John BethamFellow
Carlo BrioschiAssociate
Rev. Thomas Henry LealeFellow
Major Thomas Vallancey LysaghtFellow
Rev. Paul A. McNallyFellow
Edward CrossleyFellow
Walter MossFellow
Rev. John William WhittakerFellow
Albert EscottFellow
Alfred Henry FisonFellow
John RiddleFellow
Walter GoodacreFellow
Joseph BeckFellow
John JenkinsFellow
William ScottFellow
Lt-Col. Bertram Francis Eardley KeelingFellow
John BrittainFellow
Rev. Edmund LedgerFellow
Wadham Locke SuttonFellow
Edward TroughtonFellow
Charles Clement WalkerFellow
Charles Heard WildFellow
Frederic NewtonFellow
James George PetrieFellow
John PondFellow
John Alexander ArmstrongFellow
Benjamin John HopkinsFellow
Charles HuttonFellow
Sir (Frederick) William HerschelFellow