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
David W. DewhirstFellow
R-A. Sir Francis BeaufortFellow
Arthur KennedyFellow
Rev. Frederick Clare LeesFellow
Edward Williams SnellFellow
Sir John Anthony CarrollFellow
Gustavus Wynne CookFellow
William EssonFellow
William Sadler FranksFellow
Jesse Scoffin NimkeyFellow
Clarisse Doris HellmanFellow
Maures HornerFellow
Beatrice Muriel Hill TinsleyFellow
William Hyde WollastonFellow
M-Gen. James WaterhouseFellow
Harry ElliotFellow
R-A Sir John RossFellow
John Johnston RossFellow
Nathaniel Everett GreenFellow
Rev. Robert CroweFellow
Frederick William LevanderFellow
Richard BestFellow
John Chapman HartnupFellow
William Fishburn DonkinFellow
Andrew McKellarFellow
Bishop John BrinkleyFellow
Rev. Baden PowellFellow
Charles Edward AdamsFellow
Arthur Kett BarclayFellow
John Campbell BrownFellow
Richard Coward JohnsonFellow
Egbert Adriaan KreikenFellow
John Benson SidgwickFellow
Walter Robert StokesFellow
Reginald BushellFellow
Rev. John Thomas Windmill ClaridgeFellow
Capt. Charles EddieFellow
Camille FlammarionFellow
Raphael MeldolaFellow
Robert NaismithFellow
Thomas Wright HillFellow
Thomas Glanville TaylorFellow
Charles Thomas WhitmellFellow
Edward Lindsay InceFellow
Julien VertuFellow
Carl Venceslas ZengerFellow
Charles Francis RichterFellow
Dr Benjamin GodfreyFellow
Rev. William HallFellow
Charles Orchard DaymanFellow
Col. Arthur Swann Howard LoweFellow
Albert MarthFellow
Ernest Reginald BryanFellow
William Irving PageFellow
Sydney Royston PikeFellow
Peter David MarshallFellow
William Morris BeaufortFellow
John Edward KennedyFellow
Dr John Rudd LeesonFellow
Rev. William SelwynFellow
Monroe B. SnyderFellow
Albert Edward CarterFellow
James CookFellow
Capt. Sir Frederick John Owen EvansFellow
Ole Peter MöllerFellow
Sir Andrew NobleFellow
Capt. James HorsburghFellow
Jan, Jr WoltjerFellow
John WaterhouseFellow
Henry Ivison Shipley ThirlawayFellow
Earl Laurence Rosse (Parsons)Fellow
Rev. Adam SedgwickFellow
Samuel Morris GreenFellow
Carlos Cruz-GonzálezFellow
Capt. John BethamFellow
John HartnupFellow
Theodore MackenzieFellow
Sir John PenderFellow
Eyre Burton PowellFellow
Edgar Tarry AdamsFellow
Joseph Gurney BarclayFellow
Rev. Samuel Jenkins JohnsonFellow
Rev. Frederick SilverFellow
Edward James StoneFellow
Warin Foster BushellFellow
Edwin ClarkFellow
Maj. Lindsay Atkins EddieFellow
Alexander Davidson FlemingFellow
Charles MeldrumFellow
Kashinath NandyFellow
John Russell HindFellow
Basil Reginald Hamilton Taylour (Taylor)Fellow
Sir Edmund Taylor WhittakerFellow
James Gall InglisFellow
Charles Blacker VignolesFellow
Meade Lafayette ZimmerFellow
George Francis RiddifordFellow
Bt David SalomonsFellow
Rev. Nathaniel Stedman GodfreyFellow
George Price Blackwood HallowesFellow