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. John Edward CrossFellow
John NewtonFellow
David SmithFellow
Richard MundayFellow
Arthur James MelhuishFellow
Henry Morgan Earbery CroftonFellow
Col. Michael Foster WardFellow
William EssonFellow
Lt Col. George Lyon TupmanFellow
Pierre Joseph Célestin BaumeFellow
George Phillips BondAssociate
Arthur Cowper RanyardFellow
Marian Albertovich Kowalksi (Kovalsky)Associate
Friedrich August Theodor WinneckeAssociate
Rev. J. Chadwick BatesFellow
Charles George TalmageFellow
Rev. Alexander FreemanFellow
Capt. David Joseph KennellyFellow
Capt. John HiggensFellow
George Frederick ChambersFellow
John Baboneau Nickterlien HennesseyFellow
Rev. Henry RoeFellow
Sir Charles ToddFellow
Capt. James Palladio BaseviFellow
Robert Stirling NewallFellow
Albert EscottFellow
Eddowes BowmanFellow
Edward TyerFellow
Eduard LutherAssociate
Giovan Battista DonatiAssociate
(Johann) Rudolf WolfAssociate
Rev. Nathaniel Stedman GodfreyFellow
William EllisFellow
Rev. Edward Lyon BerthonFellow
John Derby AllcroftFellow
William T. RadfordFellow
John MerrifieldFellow
Joseph MaguireFellow
Rev. Thomas MackerethFellow
John BrowningFellow
Col. Alexander Burton-BrownFellow
George WilliamsFellow
George Granado Graham Foster PigottFellow
Charles StewartFellow
Harry Samuel WilliamsFellow
Frederick Robert HughesFellow
Baron John William Strutt (Rayleigh)Fellow
Baron John William Rayleigh (Strutt)Fellow
Thomas Glazebrook RylandsFellow
John MathesonFellow
Edward John RouthFellow
George HuntFellow
Hermann GoldschmidtAssociate
Georg Friedrich Julius Arthur AuwersAssociate
Wilhelm FoersterAssociate
Truman Henry SaffordAssociate
Richard Anthony ProctorFellow
Thomas Archer HirstFellow
Rev. Frank BesantFellow
Baron Edmund Beckett (Grimthorpe)Fellow
Thomas WarnerFellow
Edward William BrayleyFellow
James CarpenterFellow
John MorganFellow
Francis Cranmer PenroseFellow
Edward Ernest BowenFellow
Alexander Stewart HerschelFellow
William LaddFellow
Balfour StewartFellow
James Whatman BosanquetFellow
Edward CrossleyFellow
Samuel CourtauldFellow
Edwin StoryFellow
Earl Laurence Rosse (Parsons)Fellow
Earl Laurence Parsons (Rosse)Fellow
William CotterellFellow
Sir David GillFellow
George Parker BidderFellow
M-Gen. Alfred Wilks DraysonFellow
George Stickland CriswickFellow
Charles Hartwell Horne CheyneFellow
Bn Sir William Thomson (Kelvin)Fellow
Bn Sir William Kelvin (Thomson)Fellow
Col. Archibald Cuthbert Bigg-WitherFellow
Alfred Fish SmithFellow
Edward John WhiteFellow
George West Royston-PigottFellow
James Robert JonesFellow
Col. George StrahanFellow
Rev. Robert Prichard DaviesFellow
Charles BartonFellow
Rev. Stephen Joseph PerryFellow
Rev. Robert CroweFellow
Rev. John EdwardsFellow
Charles Joseph CorbettFellow
Lieut. John East Hunter PeytonFellow
Charles MeldrumFellow
George Mitchell SeabrokeFellow
Edward Henry RichesFellow
Sir William de Wiveleslie AbneyFellow