Mount Auburn Cemetery

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Est. 1831 175 acres 1,300+ memorials
America's first landscaped cemetery, founded in 1831, and a National Historic Landmark.

Memorials

Carl Engelman
1929–1983 (age 54)
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Carl Engelman was a Baltimore native who lived from 1929 to 1983.
C. Gardner Swain
1917–1988 (age 71)
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C. Gardner Swain was a Quincy resident who lived from 1917 to 1988.
Margaret Pearmain Welch
1893–1984 (age 91)
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Margaret Pearmain Welch was a Boston native who lived from 1893 to 1984.
Anita Grosvenor Curtis
1895–1980 (age 85)
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Anita Grosvenor Curtis lived from 1895 to 1980.
Carl Ferdinand Cori
1896–1984 (age 88)
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Carl Ferdinand Cori was a Czech-American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1947.
David Marr
1945–1980 (age 35)
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David Marr was a British neuroscientist and cognitive scientist who made pioneering contributions to computational visio...
Buckminster Fuller
1895–1983 (age 88)
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Buckminster Fuller was an American inventor, architect, and futurist known for the geodesic dome.
Roman Jakobson
1896–1982 (age 86)
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Roman Jakobson was a Russian-American linguist and literary theorist who profoundly influenced structural linguistics.
Helen B. Taussig
1898–1986 (age 88)
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Helen B. Taussig was an American pediatric cardiologist who pioneered the field of pediatric cardiology.
Samuel Atkins Eliot, Jr.
1893–1984 (age 91)
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Samuel Atkins Eliot Jr. was an American philanthropist and civic leader in Boston.
Stephen P. Mugar
1901–1982 (age 81)
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Stephen P. Mugar was an American businessman and philanthropist based in Boston.
William V. Shannon
1927–1988 (age 61)
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William V. Shannon was an American diplomat and journalist who served as U.S. Ambassador to Ireland.
Augustus Peabody Loring
1915–1986 (age 71)
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Augustus Peabody Loring was an American businessman and philanthropist from a prominent New England family.
Sarah Moore Field
1885–1988 (age 103)
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Sarah Moore Field was an American philanthropist and patron of the arts in New England.
Sargent Bradlee
1898–1987 (age 89)
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Sargent Bradlee was an American journalist and editor known for his work in print media.
James Holland Beal
1904–1981 (age 77)
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James Holland Beal was an American businessman and philanthropist.
Loraine Leeson Campbell
1905–1982 (age 77)
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Loraine Leeson Campbell lived from 1905 to 1982.
John T. Norton
1898–1989 (age 91)
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John T. Norton was a Medford resident who lived from 1898 to 1989.
Luther Farnham
1816–1897 (age 81)
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Luther Farnham (1816–1897) of Concord rests in Mount Auburn Cemetery following his long New England life.
Lucius R. Paige
1802–1896 (age 94)
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Lucius R. Paige (1802-1896) of Hardwick is buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Charles F. Chickering
1827–1891 (age 64)
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Charles F. Chickering (1827-1891) of Boston rests at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Katherine Bigelow Lawrence
1832–1895 (age 63)
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Katherine Bigelow Lawrence (1832-1895) is laid to rest at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Mabel Lowell Burnett
1847–1898 (age 51)
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Mabel Lowell Burnett (1847-1898) rests at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Lydia Williams Lyman
1839–1897 (age 58)
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Lydia Williams Lyman (1839-1897) is buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Eleanor J. Baker
1806–1891 (age 85)
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Eleanor J. Baker (1806-1891) of Boston is buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Eugene Tompkins
1850–1909 (age 59)
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Eugene Tompkins (1850–1909) was a Boston resident whose life concluded with burial at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Charles Harrington
1856–1908 (age 52)
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Charles Harrington (1856–1908) of Salem rests at Mount Auburn Cemetery after a Massachusetts life.
John Langdon Sullivan
1827–1900 (age 73)
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John Langdon Sullivan (1827–1900) of Keene spent his later years near Boston and was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Frances Charlotte Prince
1848–1905 (age 57)
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Frances Charlotte Prince (1848–1905) of Boston is commemorated at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Mary Louise Nutting Stevens
1840–1907 (age 67)
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Mary Louise Nutting Stevens (1840–1907) of Cambridge is interred at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
James Albert Garland
1870–1906 (age 36)
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James Albert Garland (1870–1906) of New York City was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Harriet Templeton Lee
1892–1900 (age 8)
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Harriet Templeton Lee (1892–1900) was laid to rest in Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Sarah Becker
1813–1901 (age 88)
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Sarah Becker (1813–1901) rests in Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Mary Swift Lamson
1822–1909 (age 87)
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Mary Swift Lamson (1822–1909) of Massachusetts was interred at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Francis Cabot Lowell
1855–1911 (age 56)
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Francis Cabot Lowell (1855–1911) of Boston was interred at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Franklin W. Smith
1826–1911 (age 85)
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Franklin W. Smith (1826–1911) of Boston found his final resting place at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
George F. Loring
1851–1918 (age 67)
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George F. Loring (1851–1918) of Boston was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
George Hodges
1856–1919 (age 63)
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George Hodges (1856–1919), last residing in Rome, was laid to rest at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
J. Pickering Putnam
1847–1917 (age 70)
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J. Pickering Putnam (1847–1917) of Boston was interred in Mount Auburn Cemetery.
James Freeman Curtis
1825–1914 (age 89)
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James Freeman Curtis (1825–1914) of Boston is buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
James Jefferson Myers
1842–1915 (age 73)
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James Jefferson Myers (1842–1915) was a Frewsburg native whose final resting place is Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Edward Charles Pickering
1846–1919 (age 73)
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Edward Charles Pickering (1846–1919) was an American astronomer and Harvard College Observatory director whose team pr...
Mary Baker Eddy
1821–1910 (age 89)
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Mary Baker Eddy (1821–1910) founded the Church of Christ, Scientist and authored Science and Health with Key to the Sc...
Julia Ward Howe
1819–1910 (age 91)
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Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910) was an American poet and abolitionist best known for writing the lyrics to "The Battle Hym...
Williamina Fleming
1857–1911 (age 54)
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Williamina Fleming (1857–1911) was a Scottish-American astronomer whose work at Harvard College Observatory led to the...
James Cutler Dunn Parker
1828–1916 (age 88)
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James Cutler Dunn Parker (1828–1916) was an American organist, composer, and music educator who taught at Harvard Univ...
Abbott Lawrence Rotch
1861–1912 (age 51)
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Abbott Lawrence Rotch (1861–1912) was an American meteorologist who founded the Blue Hill Observatory and helped pione...
Maxime Bôcher
1867–1918 (age 51)
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Maxime Bôcher (1867–1918) was an American mathematician noted for his contributions to differential equations and alg...
Winslow Homer
1836–1910 (age 74)
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Winslow Homer (1836–1910) was an American painter renowned for his marine subjects and realist works.
John Quincy Adams Brackett
1842–1918 (age 76)
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John Quincy Adams Brackett (1842–1918) served as governor of Massachusetts and was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.