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. Andrew HendersonFellow
William SpottiswoodeFellow
William LethbridgeFellow
John MarshallFellow
George Phillips BondAssociate
John Thomas BarberFellow
Johann Friedrich Julius SchmidtAssociate
Edward Joseph LoweFellow
George Johnstone StoneyFellow
Col. Michael Foster WardFellow
Rev. Adam Storey FarrarFellow
Rev. Thomas WiltshireFellow
Richard Christopher CarringtonFellow
Rev. J. Chadwick BatesFellow
James BreenFellow
Sir Charles ToddFellow
Henry John Stephen SmithFellow
Rev. Samuel KinnsFellow
Col. Arthur Swann Howard LoweFellow
Giovan Battista DonatiAssociate
Richard MundayFellow
Hans Carl Frederik Christian SchjellerupAssociate
John WatsonFellow
Isaac FletcherFellow
Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm KlinkerfuesAssociate
William CotterellFellow
M-Gen. Alfred Wilks DraysonFellow
George Cox BompasFellow
Robert Lewis John ElleryFellow
Charles Joseph C1728‰tienne WolfAssociate
Jean Abraham Chrétien OudemansAssociate
Col. Sir Walter Thomas William Spencer StanhopeFellow
Cyrille Joseph SouillartAssociate
Rev. Robert HarleyFellow
William EllisFellow
Albert MarthFellow
Balfour StewartFellow
William Henry BesantFellow
Capt. William NobleFellow
Samuel CottamFellow
Eduard SchönfeldAssociate
L-Gen. James Francis TennantFellow
Isaac RobertsFellow
William Ford Robinson StanleyFellow
John Rand CapronFellow
Norman Robert PogsonFellow
Robert Charles MayFellow
Charles HorsleyFellow
Bn John Burns (Inverclyde)Fellow
Bn John Inverclyde (Burns)Fellow
John Baboneau Nickterlien HennesseyFellow
Asaph HallAssociate
Henry Lord BoultonFellow
Benjamin Theophilus MooreFellow
Edward TyerFellow
Didrik Magnus Axel MöllerAssociate
Rev. Henry CollinsFellow
Hubert Anson NewtonAssociate
William HarnettFellow
Thomas Archer HirstFellow
Rev. Percival Alfred FothergillFellow
Washington TeasdaleFellow
John James MellorFellow
John Henry [Johann Heinrich] DallmeyerFellow
Carl Christian BruhnsAssociate
Carl Venceslas ZengerFellow
Edward John RouthFellow
Edward James StoneFellow
Bn John McLarenFellow
Harry TaylorFellow
Ole Peter MöllerFellow
Sir Andrew NobleFellow
Capt. David Joseph KennellyFellow
George Venables VernonFellow
Rev. Sherrard Beaumont BurnabyFellow
Edward John WhiteFellow
Theodor Alexandrovitch BredichinAssociate
John BrettFellow
Capt. James Palladio BaseviFellow
Arthur Burnett MartinFellow
Sir Charles Tilston BrightFellow
Col. Thomas Davies SewellFellow
Algernon Sidney BicknellFellow
Friedrich TietjenAssociate
Carl Nicolaus Adalbert KruegerAssociate
Wilhelm FoersterAssociate
Alfred Fish SmithFellow
John NewtonFellow
John ColesFellow
Maurice LoewyAssociate
Rev. Stephen Joseph PerryFellow
Rev. James Law ChallisFellow
Rev. Henry RoeFellow
Thomas Henry HovendenFellow
Capt. Arthur Lister KayeFellow
Capt. Arthur Lister-KayeFellow
John TebbuttFellow
James McKerrowFellow
George CalverFellow
Samuel Pierpont LangleyAssociate