Mount Auburn Cemetery
Cambridge, Massachusetts
America's first landscaped cemetery, founded in 1831, and a National Historic Landmark.
Memorials
Joseph Warren Revere
1777–1868 (age 91)
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Joseph Warren Revere was a Boston businessman and descendant of Paul Revere.
Helen Warton Kaan
1897–1991 (age 94)
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Helen Warton Kaan, a Brookline resident, lived from 1897 to 1991 and was laid to rest at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Emory Washburn
1800–1877 (age 77)
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Emory Washburn was an American jurist and legal scholar who served as a professor at Harvard Law School.
George Washington Blackwell
1832–1912 (age 80)
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George Washington Blackwell (1832-1912) lived 80 years and was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
George Washington Messinger
1813–1870 (age 57)
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George Washington Messinger (1813-1870) was a Boston resident buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
George Washington Whittemore
1812–1870 (age 58)
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George Washington Whittemore (1812-1870) was a 19th-century American figure buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Benjamin Waterhouse
1754–1846 (age 92)
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Benjamin Waterhouse was a pioneering American physician and Harvard Medical School founder who lived from 1754 to 1846.
Bert Waters
1871–1930 (age 59)
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Bert Waters was an American businessman and civic leader active in Boston's commercial and philanthropic circles.
Sereno Watson
1826–1892 (age 66)
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Sereno Watson (1826-1892) was an American botanist and taxonomist.
William Watson Goodwin
1831–1912 (age 81)
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William Watson Goodwin (1831-1912) was a Concord-based scholar and intellectual of the classical period.
Francis Watts
1780–1845 (age 65)
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Francis Watts was a resident of New England who lived from 1780 to 1845.
Francis Watts Lee
1867–1945 (age 78)
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Francis Watts Lee was a Roxbury resident who lived from 1867 to 1945.
Ellen Wayles Randolph
1796–1876 (age 80)
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Ellen Wayles Randolph (1796-1876) was a member of the prominent Randolph family of Virginia.
Mary Weeks Parker
1783–1863 (age 80)
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Mary Weeks Parker (1783-1863) was a New England resident spanning the late 18th and 19th centuries.
Herbert Weir Smyth
1857–1937 (age 80)
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Herbert Weir Smyth (1857-1937) was a classical scholar and professor from Wilmington buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Jane Welles Hunnewell Sargent
1851–1936 (age 85)
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Jane Welles Hunnewell Sargent (1851-1936) was a member of prominent Boston families, buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Lemuel Wellman Wright
1790–1886 (age 96)
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Lemuel Wellman Wright was a Plainfield resident who lived from 1790 to 1886 and was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
John Wells Farley
1878–1959 (age 81)
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John Wells Farley (1878-1959) was a Brookline native whose final resting place is Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
1809–1894 (age 85)
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Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) was a renowned American physician, poet, and essayist from Cambridge.
Charles Wendell Townsend
1859–1934 (age 75)
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Charles Wendell Townsend (1859–1934) served as a U.S. Representative from Michigan and is buried at Mount Auburn Cemet...
Thomas Wentworth Storrow
1779–1862 (age 83)
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Thomas Wentworth Storrow was a Boston merchant and philanthropist involved in civic affairs.
John Wesley Young
1879–1932 (age 53)
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John Wesley Young was an American mathematician who made significant contributions to geometry and served as a professor...
Vivian Wessell
1894–1965 (age 71)
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Vivian Wessell was a New York City resident who lived from 1894 to 1965.
Lucille Western
1843–1877 (age 34)
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Lucille Western was a 19th-century woman who lived during the American Civil War era.
Theophilus Wheeler Walker
1813–1890 (age 77)
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Theophilus Wheeler Walker lived from 1813 to 1890.
Greenough White
1863–1901 (age 38)
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Greenough White (1863-1901) was a Cambridge resident who lived a brief but notable life in late 19th-century Massachuset...
Maria White Lowell
1821–1853 (age 32)
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Maria White Lowell (1821-1853) was a Watertown resident and wife of poet James Russell Lowell.
George Whitefield Chadwick
1854–1931 (age 77)
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George Whitefield Chadwick (1854-1931) was a prominent American composer from Lowell buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
William Whitman
1842–1928 (age 86)
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William Whitman was a Canadian-American shipbuilder and maritime figure from Nova Scotia.
Ephraim Whitman Gurney
1829–1886 (age 57)
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Ephraim Whitman Gurney was a Roxbury resident and notable educator or professional who lived from 1829 to 1886.
Mary Whiton Calkins
1863–1930 (age 67)
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Mary Whiton Calkins was a pioneering American psychologist and philosopher who founded one of the first psychology labor...
Thomas Whittemore
1800–1861 (age 61)
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Thomas Whittemore was an American clergyman and founder of the Universalist Church in Boston.
Mary Whitwell Hale
1810–1862 (age 52)
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Mary Whitwell Hale (1810-1862) was a Boston-area woman of the 19th century.
J. Wiley Edmands
1809–1877 (age 68)
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J. Wiley Edmands was a Boston resident who lived from 1809 to 1877.
Charles Willard Saunders
1857–1935 (age 78)
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Charles Willard Saunders (1857-1935) was a Cambridge native buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Gordon Willey
1913–2002 (age 89)
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Gordon Willey was an American archaeologist noted for pioneering settlement pattern studies throughout the Americas.
Charles William Eliot
1834–1926 (age 92)
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Charles William Eliot (1834-1926) was a Boston educator and the long-serving president of Harvard University who lived 9...
Theodore William Richards
1868–1928 (age 60)
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Theodore William Richards was an American chemist and Nobel Prize laureate.
Frank William Taussig
1859–1940 (age 81)
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Townsend William Thorndike
1872–1929 (age 57)
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Townsend William Thorndike (1872-1929) was a prominent Boston resident of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Lemuel Williams
1782–1869 (age 87)
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Lemuel Williams (1782-1869) was a long-lived resident of the Boston area buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
David Williams Cheever
1831–1915 (age 84)
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David Williams Cheever (1831-1915) was a Portsmouth native and medical professional buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Benjamin Williams Crowninshield
1772–1851 (age 79)
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Benjamin Williams Crowninshield (1772-1851) was a Salem-based naval officer and politician who served as Secretary of th...
Lydia Williams Lyman
1839–1897 (age 58)
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Lydia Williams Lyman (1839-1897) is buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Francis Williams Sargent
1848–1920 (age 72)
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Francis Williams Sargent (1848-1920) was a prominent figure of the late 19th century.
Francis Williams Sargent Jr.
1884–1919 (age 35)
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Francis Williams Sargent Jr. (1884-1919) died at age 35 and was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Henry Williamson Haynes
1831–1912 (age 81)
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Henry Williamson Haynes (1831-1912) was a Bangor resident and antiquarian of the 19th century.
Edmund Winchester
1811–1845 (age 34)
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Edmund Winchester (1811-1845) was an American who died at age 34.
Nancy Winchester
1798–1862 (age 64)
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Nancy Winchester lived from 1798 to 1862 and was interred at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Joseph Winlock
1826–1875 (age 49)
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Joseph Winlock was an American astronomer and director of the Harvard Observatory who lived from 1826 to 1875.