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
R-Adm Alexander Bridport BecherFellow
Walter William BryantFellow
Rev. Thomas WiltshireFellow
John Louis PerdrixFellow
Beatrice Muriel Hill TinsleyFellow
M-Gen. James WaterhouseFellow
Rev. John SlatterFellow
John WaterhouseFellow
Louis Byrne SlichterFellow
Rev. Charles StrongFellow
Howard Percy RobertsonFellow
Charles PendleburyFellow
Henry PrattFellow
Alfred Ernest MooreFellow
Ankitam Venkata Nursing RowFellow
Bt John William LubbockFellow
William (‘Bill’) L. MartinFellow
Thomas JonesFellow
Sir Joseph LarmorFellow
James Stanley HeyFellow
Frederick Robert HughesFellow
Arthur HandsFellow
Capt. Charles EddieFellow
Camille FlammarionFellow
James de Graaff-HunterFellow
Rev. Edward Aurelius AdamsFellow
Penry Vaughan BevanFellow
Peter BarlowFellow
Sir Thomas Makdougall BrisbaneFellow
John Anthony Joseph WhelanFellow
Col. William YollandFellow
Thomas Glanville TaylorFellow
Julien VertuFellow
William Edward RaymondFellow
William RutherfordFellow
Henry Proctor PalmerFellow
Stefan Leon PiotrowskiFellow
Philibert Jacques MelotteFellow
John NarrienFellow
Arthur Everard LevinFellow
Capt. Thomas MackenzieFellow
Sydney Turner KleinFellow
John Granville HawkeFellow
Sir Richard Arman GregoryFellow
Capt. Sir Frederick John Owen EvansFellow
Sir William CubittFellow
Eric DoolittleFellow
George CalverFellow
John Alexander ArmstrongFellow
Bahne BonniksenFellow
Joseph BeckFellow
George Douglas BuchananFellow
Richard Quentin TwissFellow
Sir Charles ToddFellow
Henry Hayden WatersFellow
Frederick SlocumFellow
Herbert George RobinsFellow
Francis Cranmer PenroseFellow
Edward PrenticeFellow
Benjamin Theophilus MooreFellow
Nicholas MartindaleFellow
William LassellFellow
Francis Joseph HeydenFellow
Joseph Steel HughesFellow
Julie Marie Vinter HansenFellow
Maj. Lindsay Atkins EddieFellow
Alexander Davidson FlemingFellow
Warren De la RueFellow
Humphrey Barker ChamberlinFellow
Harold John AdamsFellow
Theralandoor Panchapagesa BhaskaranFellow
Rev. Henry Glanville BarnacleFellow
Rev. Walter BriscombeFellow
David W. DewhirstFellow
Rev. William WhewellFellow
Alfred Ernest YoungFellow
Basil Reginald Hamilton Taylour (Taylor)Fellow
Charles Blacker VignolesFellow
William SpottiswoodeFellow
Roderick Oliver RedmanFellow
M-Gen. Henry Spencer PalmerFellow
Baron Henry Pirbright (de Worms)Fellow
Joaquin de Mendizábal-TamborrelFellow
Frederick William NashFellow
Thomas LewisFellow
Rev. Thomas MackerethFellow
Capt. Reinold John JaugetFellow
Hester Periam HawkinsFellow
Francis (“Frank”) HoldenFellow
Adm. Alexis Samuilovich GreigFellow
Harry Savile Ward EvansFellow
Richard Thomas CullenFellow
Sir Henry Percy DouglasFellow
Donald Cameron-SwanFellow
M-Gen. Thomas Frederick ColbyFellow
Rev. John Eyre AshbyFellow
Joseph BonomiFellow
Carl Ludwig Christian BeckerFellow
Daniel BuckneyFellow
Thomas Richard CarsonFellow