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
Comte Eugène Aymar de la Baume PluvinelFellow
Edward William BrayleyFellow
James Stark BrowneFellow
Theodore MackenzieFellow
Frederick William NashFellow
Frank Campbell DumatFellow
Samuel FellowsFellow
William SmalleyFellow
Rev. Jacobus Cornelius ReynekeFellow
Rev. Nathaniel Stedman GodfreyFellow
William Reynolds VinesFellow
John HartnupFellow
Norman David WatkinsFellow
Thomas AllisonFellow
Arthur BerryFellow
Dudley KM FullerFellow
Sir Gainsford BruceFellow
Rev. Robert Comyn LumsdenFellow
Willie Venner MerrifieldFellow
Dr Hugh NeillFellow
Rev. Thomas PerkinsFellow
Charles Bousfield ShawFellow
John McDougal FieldFellow
William GodwardFellow
Rev. Francis Anthony TondorfFellow
Rev. John William WhittakerFellow
Thomas Simeon Scriven BoltonFellow
Donald MacleanFellow
Margaret Theodora MeyerFellow
William Bladen CroftFellow
Sir William MorisonFellow
Hester Periam HawkinsFellow
Charles Heard WildFellow
Alfred HolnessFellow
Thomas HumphriesFellow
Thomas Edward KnightleyFellow
Bishop John BrinkleyFellow
Arnold BuxtonFellow
Pietro CaturegliAssociate
Richard Edward Synge CooperFellow
Rev. Peter David MorseFellow
Rev. Robert Prichard DaviesFellow
George James NewbeginFellow
Rev. Daniel DuttonFellow
William ScottFellow
William FrancisFellow
Edward RiddleFellow
Wadham Locke SuttonFellow
Edward TroughtonFellow
Charles Clement WalkerFellow
Thomas Edward HeathFellow
Frank Hope-JonesFellow
Joseph Gurney BarclayFellow
Leslie WoolvenFellow
R-Adm Alexander Bridport BecherFellow
Daniel BuckneyFellow
Jack Gordon MillerFellow
Lieut. George Beaver CroucherFellow
Kennet PollockFellow
Henry Bedingfield GoodwinFellow
Roberto RossiFellow
Henry Burdett HederstedtFellow
Arthur Huish WebberFellow
Donald William HornerFellow
Hale WorthamFellow
William Benjamin HutchinsonFellow
Thomas KeigFellow
Laike AsfawFellow
Sir William CubittFellow
Lady Mary Helena SaltounFellow
Sir Robert PearceFellow
William Leslie Hazelwood ShuterFellow
Rev. Walter Edward StewartFellow
George James GibbsFellow
Capt. John GroverFellow
Hugh WalshamFellow
Thomas WeirFellow
Lieut. Hugh WilliamsFellow
Charles Edward BarnsFellow
James Gall InglisFellow
Arthur KennedyFellow
Cmdr Thomas BotelerFellow
Humphrey Barker ChamberlinFellow
Joseph MaguireFellow
Rev. James PearsonFellow
Rev. James InmanFellow
Henry BourgetFellow
Robert Edward Beaumont MunroFellow
Rev. Henry Joseph Boone NicholsonFellow
Solomon Moses DrachFellow
Rev. Arthur Edwin Brisco OwenFellow
Capt. John Francis EgertonFellow
James SimmsFellow
Robert GrahamFellow
William Henry HennahFellow
Jacob WernerFellow
Rev. Henry Cooper KeyFellow
William Ralph MechaelisFellow
Harry Krauss NieldFellow
Rev. Paul Wynyard FaircloughFellow