Aim & Scope
The Royal Society first published obituaries of its Fellows in 1830, in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Initially obituaries were read at the Anniversary meeting, often by the President himself, and were printed in the record of that meeting. From 1859 they appeared in a separate section at the back. Articles were anonymous until the 1880s. The first image to accompany an obituary was that of Franz Cornelius Donders. Their usage grew significantly from the 1920s. In 1905, Proceedings split into two series, Series A, (papers on the mathematical and physical sciences) and Series B, (biological sciences). Occasionally a subject had an obituary in both series. From 1932 obituaries of nearly every deceased Fellow and Foreign Member have appeared in Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society (1932-1954) and Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society (1955 onward). [1]
Continuations / Journal History
| ( 1932 - 1954 ) | Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society | ( 1955 - 9999 ) | Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |
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Jeremy David Pickett-Heaps. 5 June 1940 — 11 April 2021
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society , 2024
Sir Roger James Elliott. 8 December 1928 — 16 April 2018
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society , 2024
David Henry Cushing. 14 March 1920 — 14 March 2008
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society , 2024
Nicholas Avrion Mitchison. 5 May 1928 — 28 December 2022
T Mitchison FRS , P Beverley FMedSci
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society , 2024
John Joseph Thomas Hayes Owen. 7 January 1934 — 5 January 2023
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society , 2024
Ashesh Prosad Mitra. 21 February 1927 — 3 September 2007
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society , 2024
Peter Martin Biggs. 13 August 1926 — 27 December 2021
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society , 2024
Mary Frances Lyon. 15 May 1925 — 25 December 2014
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society , 2024
Julian Hart Lewis. 12 August 1946 — 30 April 2014
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society , 2024