Emma Willard
1787–1870 (age 83)
educator
About Emma Willard
Emma Willard (1787–1870) lived to age 83. They were an educator. Born in Berlin, they died in Troy. They are buried at Oakwood Cemetery in New York.
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1797–1863 (age 66)
Oakwood Cemetery
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John E. Wool
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Oakwood Cemetery
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Zephaniah Swift
1759–1823 (age 64)
Oakwood Cemetery
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Nels Potter
1911–1990 (age 79)
Oakwood Cemetery
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John Milton Swisher
1819–1891 (age 72)
Oakwood Cemetery
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Thomas Treadwell Davis
1810–1872 (age 62)
Oakwood Cemetery
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Henry Durant
Mountain View Cemetery
First president of the University of California, Berkeley.
Susan Blow
1843–1916 (age 73)
Bellefontaine Cemetery
Educator known as the Mother of Kindergarten.
John Swett
Mountain View Cemetery
Founder of the California Public School System.
Marcus Foster
Mountain View Cemetery
First Black Superintendent of the Oakland Unified School District and first victim of the Symbionese Liberation Army.
Jaime Escalante
1930–2010 (age 80)
Rose Hills Memorial Park
Bolivian-American mathematics teacher famous for his innovative teaching methods in Los Angeles.
James B. Aswell
1869–1931 (age 62)
Rock Creek Cemetery
Educator and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1913 to 1931.