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
Rev. Philip HuntFellow
Alan HunterFellow
William Joseph HusseyAssociate
Rev. Robert Sparke HutchingsFellow
William Benjamin HutchinsonFellow
Charles HuttonFellow
Edward Lindsay InceFellow
James Gall InglisFellow
Bt Robert Harry InglisFellow
Rev. Richard Ernest IngramFellow
Rev. James InmanFellow
George InnesFellow
George InnesFellow
Robert Thorburn Ayton InnesFellow
Bn John Inverclyde (Burns)Fellow
Richard InwardsFellow
Charles Vivian JacksonFellow
James Thomas JacksonFellow
John JacksonFellow
John Eric JacksonFellow
Capt. William Stephen JacobFellow
Brian JacobAssociate
John Conrad JaegerFellow
Sir Otto JafféFellow
Thomas Corbyn JansonFellow
Pierre Jules Cé+C774sar JanssenAssociate
Capt. Reinold John JaugetFellow
Henry William JeansFellow
Sir James Hopwood JeansFellow
Hamilton Moore JeffersFellow
Sir Harold JeffreysFellow
John Robert Fisher JeffreysFellow
Charles William JeffriesFellow
John Valentine JelleyFellow
John JenkinsFellow
Richard Elliott JenningsFellow
B. Sir Bhawani Singh JhalawarFellow
Rev. Samuel Jenkins JohnsonFellow
Walter Claude JohnsonFellow
Manuel John JohnsonFellow
Martin Christopher JohnsonFellow
Richard JohnsonFellow
Richard Coward JohnsonFellow
William JohnstonFellow
Alan David JohnstoneFellow
Charles Jasper JolyFellow
Dyfrig JonesFellow
Rev. Henry Halford JonesFellow
Sir Harold Spencer JonesFellow
Inigo Owen JonesFellow
James Robert JonesFellow
Lt-Col. John JonesFellow
John Harvey JonesFellow
Kenneth Glyn JonesFellow
Reginald Victor JonesFellow
Rhishard Llewellyn JonesFellow
Thomas JonesFellow
Albert FAL JonesFellow
Alfred Harrison JoyAssociate
Joshua JukesFellow
Franz Daniel KahnFellow
Frederik KaiserAssociate
Michael KamienskiAssociate
Capt. Henry KaterFellow
Shunichi KawasakiFellow
Capt. Arthur Lister KayeFellow
James Edward KeelerAssociate
Lt-Col. Bertram Francis Eardley KeelingFellow
Philip C KeenanFellow
Ernest William Frown KeevilFellow
Thomas KeigFellow
Bn Sir William Kelvin (Thomson)Fellow
Rev. Philip Henry KempthorneFellow
Peter KennedyFellow
Arthur KennedyFellow
John Edward KennedyFellow
Arthur Edwin KennellyFellow
Capt. David Joseph KennellyFellow
Richard KerrFellow
Frank John KerrFellow
Rev. Henry Cooper KeyFellow
Dr William Ambrose KibblerFellow
Hans Georg KienleAssociate
Robert KillipFellow
Hisashi KimuraAssociate
Alphonso KingFellow
Joshua KingFellow
Thomas KingFellow
Rev. Samuel KinnsFellow
Rev. Edward Bruce KirkFellow
Joseph KleiberFellow
Sydney Turner KleinFellow
Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm KlinkerfuesAssociate
Otto Julius KlotzFellow
Harald von KlüberFellow
Dorothea Klumpke RobertsFellow
Sir George Handley KnibbsFellow
James KnightFellow
Thomas Edward KnightleyFellow
Edward Ball KnobelFellow