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
William OttwayFellow
Sidney Wilcox McCuskeyFellow
Stanley MaxwellFellow
Capt. David Joseph KennellyFellow
James LeighFellow
Robert Thorburn Ayton InnesFellow
Capt. Thomas GravesFellow
Capt. Jasper Nicolls HarrisonFellow
George Richard FarncombeFellow
Maj. Gerald Edward GalbraithFellow
Jon DariusFellow
Frank George Griffith CarrFellow
Alexander Eugen ConradyFellow
Henry George BohnFellow
David BaxandallFellow
Charles Edward Rhodes BruceFellow
Ewan Adair WhitakerFellow
Arthur Stanley WilliamsFellow
Fred Hoyle Fellow
Bn Sir William Thomson (Kelvin)Fellow
John WaltonFellow
John Benson SidgwickFellow
Walter Robert StokesFellow
Douglas Reginald Bassett SawFellow
George PearsonFellow
Charles Lane PoorFellow
Henri MineurFellow
Alfred Edward NichollsFellow
William James Stewart LockyerFellow
Robert James MannFellow
Alan David JohnstoneFellow
Comte Eugène Aymar de La Baume PluvinelFellow
Patrick Henry HepburnFellow
Elijah HowarthFellow
James Whitbread Lee GlaisherFellow
Frederick Henry ElliottFellow
Andrew Russell ForsythFellow
Reginald Robert Samuel CoxFellow
Joseph ChurmsFellow
Robert Morrison AbrahamFellow
Arthur BerryFellow
Fred TaylorFellow
Francis Richard Wegg-ProsserFellow
Baron Henry de Worms (Pirbright)Fellow
William Henry Fox TalbotFellow
Edward TyerFellow
Rev. William SelwynFellow
Monroe B. SnyderFellow
John RowbothamFellow
Montagu Austin PhillipsFellow
Rev. Isaac Vale MummeryFellow
Hector Munro MacdonaldFellow
Baron Somerset Henry Maxwell (Farnham)Fellow
Richard KerrFellow
Maurice Egerton Leigh-HuntFellow
George Denton HirstFellow
Bn John Inverclyde (Burns)Fellow
Peter GrayFellow
William Ernest HartleyFellow
Rev. Adam Storey FarrarFellow
William GalbraithFellow
Henry Zouch DarrahFellow
Walter Geoffrey DuffieldFellow
Richard Christopher CarringtonFellow
Reginald Henry ConsterdineFellow
Joseph Supino AnconaFellow
M-Gen. John Theophilus BoileauFellow
Joseph BaxendellFellow
Sir Gainsford BruceFellow
Ann SavageFellow
Evan Gwyn WilliamsFellow
Frank John KerrFellow
William Henry E. ThornthwaiteFellow
Rev. Michael WardFellow
Rev. Frederick SilverFellow
Edward James StoneFellow
Cntss Maria Victoria Vicenta de RivasFellow
Bernard Page ScattergoodFellow
Rev. James PearsonFellow
John Merrill PoorFellow
John Ashton NichollsFellow
Bt Edmund Giles LoderFellow
William MannFellow
Charles Jasper JolyFellow
Richard LaddFellow
Alexander Hamilton HoweFellow
John GlaisherFellow
Capt. Basil HallFellow
Henry EllisFellow
Capt. Henry FosterFellow
William Charles CoxFellow
Baron Henry de Worms (Pirbright)Fellow
Thomas William BushFellow
Peter ClareFellow
Rev. Daniel AceFellow
Rev. Edward Lyon BerthonFellow
Sir Robert Stawell BallFellow
John BrettFellow
Tim HawardenFellow
Peter WillmoreFellow