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
Harry Hemley PlaskettFellow
Henry Crozier Keating PlummerFellow
William Edward PlummerFellow
Robert John PocockFellow
Norman Robert PogsonFellow
Jules Henri PoincaréAssociate
Siméon Denis PoissonAssociate
Bt Jonathan Frederick PollockFellow
Kennet PollockFellow
John PondFellow
Jean Louis PonsAssociate
Count Philippe Gustave Doulcet PontécoulantAssociate
Edgar Girard Croker PooleFellow
Charles Lane PoorFellow
John Merrill PoorFellow
Sidney Herbert PopeFellow
Robert PorrettFellow
John Guy PorterFellow
Thomas Cunningham PorterFellow
William PorthouseFellow
M-Gen. Joseph Ellison PortlockFellow
Charles Alfred PostFellow
Walter A. PostFellow
Rev. Baden PowellFellow
Eyre Burton PowellFellow
Henry PrattFellow
Edward PrenticeFellow
John Philip Manning PrenticeFellow
Albert Thomas PriceFellow
Rev. Bartholomew PriceFellow
Charles Leeson PrinceFellow
Edward Hamilton PringleFellow
Rev. Charles PritchardFellow
Richard Anthony ProctorFellow
Sallie Duffield Proctor-SmythFellow
Joseph ProudmanFellow
Antoni PrzybylskiFellow
Pierre Henri PuiseuxAssociate
George Carter PulsfordFellow
John William Robinson PunchFellow
Lambert Adolphe Jacques QueteletAssociate
Earl Edwin Richard Windham Wyndham Quin (Dunraven)Fellow
Jean Charles Rodolphe RadauAssociate
William T. RadfordFellow
John RamageFellow
Arthur Alcock RambautFellow
Gunnar RandersFellow
James RankinFellow
Arthur Cowper RanyardFellow
Govind Padmanabha RaoFellow
Lieut. Henry RaperFellow
Col. Charles RatcliffFellow
Steve RawlingsFellow
Robert RawsonFellow
Baron John William Rayleigh (Strutt)Fellow
Baron Robert John Rayleigh (Strutt)Fellow
William Edward RaymondFellow
Roderick Oliver RedmanFellow
Edward Ayearst ReevesFellow
Rev. Robert Fermor RendellFellow
Lorenzo RespighiAssociate
Rev. Jacobus Cornelius ReynekeFellow
John Henry ReynoldsFellow
William John ReynoldsFellow
S. Lynn RhorerFellow
Annibale RiccòAssociate
Edwin Wilbur, Jr RiceFellow
John Edmund RichardFellow
Edward Henry RichesFellow
Charles Francis RichterFellow
George Francis RiddifordFellow
Edward RiddleFellow
John RiddleFellow
Stephen Peter RigaudFellow
Rev. William Francis RiggeFellow
Friedrich Wilhelm RistenpartFellow
Emanuel Joseph RistoriFellow
George Willis RitcheyAssociate
Cntss Maria Victoria Vicenta de RivasFellow
Frank RobbinsFellow
Paul RobertsFellow
Alexander William RobertsFellow
Edward RobertsFellow
George Walter RobertsFellow
Isaac RobertsFellow
Richard Frind RobertsFellow
Walter Orr RobertsFellow
William John RobertsFellow
Frank RobertsonFellow
Howard Percy RobertsonFellow
Herbert George RobinsFellow
Rev. (John) Thomas Romney RobinsonFellow
Thomas RobsonFellow
Alan S RodgerFellow
Rev. Henry RoeFellow
Elizabeth RoemerFellow
William Edward RolstonFellow
Colin Alistair RonanFellow
Chev. François de RosazFellow
Rev. Thomas RosebyFellow