Honorary Membership was limited to 10 from 1890-1900, and to 15 from 1901 onwards. Corresponding Membership was a lesser class of Honoris causa membership in the early years. A few honorary members, such as Barnard, were first made corresponding members for a short time before being recommissioned as honorary members.
Nation(s) | Start | End | |
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Shklovsky, Dr. Iosif S. | USSR | 1966 | 1984 |
Woolley, Dr. Richard v.d.R. | United Kingdom/South Africa | 1961 | 1986 |
Strömgren, Prof. Bengt G. | Denmark | 1968 | 1987 |
Goldberg, Dr. Leo | USA | 1974 | 1988 |
Oort, Dr. Jan Hendrik | Netherlands | 1954 | 1992 |
Hogg, Dr. Helen S. | Canada | 1987 | 1993 |
Unsöld, Dr. Albrecht | Germany | 1956 | 1995 |
Ambartsumian, Dr. Viktor Amazaspovitch | USSR/Armenia | 1959 | 1996 |
Schwarzschild, Dr. Martin | USA | 1963 | 1999 |
Iwanowska, Dr. Wilhelmina | Poland | 1973 | 1999 |