Obituaries | The Royal Astronomical Society

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)

Name	Born	Died	Elected	Membership status
Sir Rowland Hill	03-12-1795	27-08-1879	08-11-1822	Fellow
Thomas Wright Hill	24-04-1763	13-06-1851	12-04-1833	Fellow
John Russell Hind	12-05-1823	23-12-1895	13-12-1844	Fellow
John Henry Hindle	02-11-1869	17-05-1942	09-06-1922	Fellow
William Russell Hindmarsh	07-11-1929	29-12-1973	10-05-1957	Fellow
Arthur Robert Hinks	26-05-1873	18-04-1945	13-01-1899	Fellow
John Hippisley	29-10-1804	04-04-1898	14-12-1849	Fellow
Kiyotsugu Hirayama	13-10-1874	08-04-1943	12-02-1926	Fellow
Shin Hirayama	09-09-1867	02-06-1945	13-02-1891	Fellow, later Associate
George Denton Hirst	07-04-1846	20-05-1915	08-03-1895	Fellow
Thomas Archer Hirst	22-04-1830	16-02-1892	08-06-1866	Fellow
Rev. George Stewart Hitchcock		10-07-1922	14-01-1921	Fellow
Ernest William Hobson	27-10-1856	18-04-1933	14-06-1895	Fellow
Arthur Ernest Hodgson		11-02-1912	13-11-1903	Fellow
M-Gen. John Anthony Hodgson	02-07-1777	28-03-1848	14-01-1825	Fellow
Richard Hodgson		04-05-1872	14-04-1848	Fellow
Samuel Verplanck Hoffman	12-05-1866	23-02-1942	08-03-1895	Fellow
Daniel Hogarth	25-04-1842	03-02-1919	14-02-1913	Fellow
Arthur Robert Hogg	25-11-1903	31-03-1966	10-03-1950	Fellow
Frank Maurice Holborn	14-06-1884	13-04-1962	11-01-1935	Fellow
Edwin Thomas Holdaway		14-02-1947	14-01-1938	Fellow
Edward Singleton Holden	05-11-1846	16-03-1914	14-11-1884	Associate
Francis (Frank) Holden	14-01-1917	21-02-1992	12-10-1945	Fellow
Lawrence Neville Holden	08-02-1864	14-03-1940	14-11-1890	Fellow
Henry Park Hollis	09-01-1858	07-08-1939	12-12-1884	Fellow
Alfred Holness		08-10-1926	11-01-1918	Fellow
Thomas Herbert Le Sbirel Hony	25-05-1866	27-11-1944	12-05-1922	Fellow
Charles Hood		10-12-1889	11-01-1833	Fellow
Frank Hope-Jones		03-04-1950	14-11-1924	Fellow
Benjamin John Hopkins		16-01-1894	13-04-1883	Fellow
Thomas Hopkirk	16-08-1819	26-03-1881	14-12-1849	Fellow
Donald William Horner		28-02-1944	14-02-1913	Fellow
Maures Horner	10-06-1849	17-01-1937	14-03-1879	Fellow
Capt. James Horsburgh	23-09-1762	14-05-1836	29-02-1820	Fellow
Charles Horsley	30-05-1829	04-01-1905	09-04-1884	Fellow
George Washington Hough	24-10-1836	01-01-1909	13-11-1903	Associate
Joseph Hough		14-11-1924	12-12-1873	Fellow
Sydney Samuel Hough	11-06-1870	08-07-1923	10-11-1899	Fellow
Henden Egerton Houghton	25-02-1892	15-12-1947	09-05-1930	Fellow
William Bradshaw Housman		17-01-1955	12-11-1937	Fellow
Thomas Henry Hovenden	04-11-1833	05-06-1891	12-12-1884	Fellow
Elijah Howarth		01-04-1938	14-01-1881	Fellow
Alexander Hamilton Howe		21-07-1895	12-01-1883	Fellow
Charles Howell		08-12-1867	12-06-1857	Fellow
Rev. Frederick Howlett		30-01-1908	08-03-1861	Fellow
L.Cdr (Humphrey) Derek Howse	10-10-1919	26-07-1998	10-01-1969	Fellow
Jacob Hoyer		23-02-1848	13-06-1845	Fellow
Fred Hoyle	24-06-1915	28-08-2001	10-05-1940	Fellow
Edwin Powell Hubble	20-11-1889	28-09-1953	14-11-1919	Fellow, later Associate
Thomas Charlton Hudson	10-06-1868	19-05-1937	11-02-1898	Fellow
Leon Hufnagel		19-02-1933	11-01-1929	Fellow
Lady Margaret Lindsay Huggins	14-08-1848	24-03-1915	08-05-1903	Honorary Fellow
Sir William Huggins	07-02-1824	12-05-1910	12-04-1854	Fellow
Edward Hughes		30-07-1859	09-01-1852	Fellow
Frederick Robert Hughes	29-11-1807	11-03-1895	12-01-1866	Fellow
Joseph Steel Hughes	03-12-1898	12-12-1966	08-10-1948	Fellow
Henry Rainsford Hulme	09-08-1908	08-01-1991	08-04-1932	Fellow
Milton Lasell Humason	19-08-1891	18-06-1972	12-04-1957	Associate
Thomas Humphries		30-08-1928	11-03-1921	Fellow
George Hunt		09-07-1896	13-04-1866	Fellow
Rev. Philip Hunt		17-09-1838	09-05-1828	Fellow
Alan Hunter	09-09-1912	11-12-1995	11-01-1935	Fellow
William Joseph Hussey	10-08-1862	28-10-1926	13-11-1903	Associate
Rev. Robert Sparke Hutchings	18-12-1819	06-11-1910	10-12-1886	Fellow
William Benjamin Hutchinson		20-04-1898	13-01-1888	Fellow
Charles Hutton	14-08-1737	27-01-1823	10-05-1822	Fellow
Edward Lindsay Ince	30-11-1891	16-03-1941	08-12-1916	Fellow
James Gall Inglis		06-04-1939	13-01-1939	Fellow
Bt Robert Harry Inglis	12-01-1786	05-05-1855	08-12-1826	Fellow
Rev. Richard Ernest Ingram	27-07-1916	06-10-1967	11-12-1953	Fellow
Rev. James Inman		07-02-1859	14-01-1831	Fellow
George Innes		22-05-1842	09-12-1836	Fellow
George Innes		03-05-1929	11-01-1907	Fellow
Robert Thorburn Ayton Innes	10-11-1861	13-03-1933	10-01-1879	Fellow
Bn John Inverclyde (Burns)	24-06-1829	12-02-1901	13-11-1874	Fellow
Richard Inwards	22-04-1840	30-09-1937	08-02-1861	Fellow
Charles Vivian Jackson	23-06-1906	30-12-1936	09-05-1930	Fellow
James Thomas Jackson		22-11-1938	08-01-1909	Fellow
John Jackson	11-02-1887	09-12-1958	10-01-1913	Fellow
John Eric Jackson		01-02-1985	10-11-1961	Fellow
Brian Jacob	28-01-1938	05-11-2001	09-01-1970	Associate
Capt. William Stephen Jacob	19-11-1813	16-08-1862	12-05-1837	Fellow
John Conrad Jaeger	30-07-1907	15-05-1979	08-11-1963	Fellow
Sir Otto Jaffé	13-08-1846	29-04-1929	13-05-1892	Fellow
Thomas Corbyn Janson	01-07-1809	23-06-1863	10-03-1848	Fellow
Pierre Jules Cé+C774sar Janssen	22-02-1824	23-12-1907	08-11-1872	Associate
Capt. Reinold John Jauget	18-08-1870	19-09-1915	14-05-1909	Fellow
Henry William Jeans		23-03-1881	13-03-1840	Fellow
Sir James Hopwood Jeans	11-09-1877	16-09-1946	14-05-1909	Fellow
Hamilton Moore Jeffers	13-10-1893	28-05-1976	11-11-1927	Fellow
Sir Harold Jeffreys	22-04-1891	18-03-1989	08-01-1915	Fellow
John Robert Fisher Jeffreys	25-01-1916	13-01-1944	08-04-1938	Fellow
Charles William Jeffries	28-04-1882	22-06-1941	09-04-1926	Fellow
John Valentine Jelley	03-07-1918	27-06-1997	10-02-1961	Fellow
John Jenkins		16-12-1868	08-04-1842	Fellow
Richard Elliott Jennings	01-01-1920	04-08-1997	10-11-1972	Fellow
B. Sir Bhawani Singh Jhalawar	04-09-1874	13-04-1929	13-12-1912	Fellow
Manuel John Johnson	23-05-1805	28-02-1859	13-04-1832	Fellow
Martin Christopher Johnson	11-10-1896	26-11-1983	14-03-1924	Fellow
Richard Johnson	22-03-1840	06-02-1894	08-05-1874	Fellow