Hugh Maxwell
1787–1873 (age 86)
Educator
About Hugh Maxwell
Hugh Maxwell (1787–1873) lived to age 86. They were an educator. Born in Paisley. They are buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in District of Columbia.
Also buried at Oak Hill Cemetery
Paul J. Pelz
1841–1918 (age 77)
Oak Hill Cemetery
Architect who designed the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building.
Leonard Hazeltine I
1803–1874 (age 71)
Oak Hill Cemetery
Leonard Hazeltine I was a prominent New Hampshire resident involved in business and civic affairs.
Joseph Henry
1797–1878 (age 81)
Oak Hill Cemetery
First Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and pioneering physicist.
Gamaliel Bailey
1807–1859 (age 52)
Oak Hill Cemetery
Abolitionist editor and publisher of the National Era newspaper.
Herman Hollerith
1860–1929 (age 69)
Oak Hill Cemetery
Inventor of the electric tabulating machine that revolutionized census data processing.
Madeleine Albright
1937–2022 (age 85)
Oak Hill Cemetery
First female U.S. Secretary of State who served under President Clinton.
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Alice Cogswell
1805–1830 (age 25)
Old North Cemetery
Alice Cogswell was a Hartford resident and deaf education pioneer who lived from 1805 to 1830.
Isaac L. Anderson
1780–1857 (age 77)
Maryville College
Isaac L. Anderson was a Rockbridge County resident and educator associated with Maryville College.
Myrtilla Miner
1815–1864 (age 49)
Oak Hill Cemetery
Founder of the Institution for the Education of Colored Youth in Washington, D.C.
Zephaniah Swift Moore
1770–1823 (age 53)
Amherst West Cemetery
Zephaniah Swift Moore (1770-1823) was a Palmer resident and educator buried at Amherst West Cemetery.
Kate Brousseau
1862–1938 (age 76)
Evergreen Cemetery
Chair of the Psychology Department at Mills College.
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
1787–1851 (age 64)
Cedar Hill Cemetery
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (1787-1851) was a Philadelphia-based educator and pioneer in deaf education.