Martha May Eliot

1891–1978 (age 87)

Physician

Biography

Dr. Martha May Eliot was born in 1891 and dedicated her life to medicine, serving as a physician with compassion and skill until her passing in 1978. Her medical career spanned decades, during which she made meaningful contributions to healthcare and the wellbeing of her patients.

She is remembered at Mount Auburn Cemetery as a pioneering woman in medicine whose legacy continues to inspire those in the healing professions.

Did you know Martha May Eliot?

Help us tell their story. Share a memory, upload a gravestone photo, or correct any details.

Also buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery

Winslow Homer
1836–1910 (age 74)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Considered one of the foremost painters in 19th-century America, best known for his marine subjects.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
1807–1882 (age 75)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
One of the most popular American poets of the 19th century, author of Paul Revere's Ride and The Song of Hiawatha.
Hosea Ballou
1771–1852 (age 81)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Hosea Ballou (1771-1852) was an influential Universalist minister from Richmond.
William Ticknor
1810–1864 (age 54)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
William Ticknor was an American publisher and founder of the influential publishing house Ticknor and Fields in Boston.
William Roscoe Livermore
1843–1919 (age 76)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
William Roscoe Livermore was a prominent Boston merchant and philanthropist.
Grace Lowell Forbes
1872–1957 (age 85)
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Grace Lowell Forbes was an American socialite and member of the prominent Forbes family who lived from 1872 to 1957.

Other notable physicians

Susan Ann Edson
1823–1897 (age 74)
Rock Creek Cemetery
Personal physician to President James A. Garfield.
Isaac Parrish
1811–1852 (age 41)
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Isaac Parrish was an American physician from Philadelphia who practiced medicine in the 19th century.
Robley Dunglison
1798–1869 (age 71)
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Robley Dunglison was a prominent physician and medical educator from Keswick who practiced in the 19th century.
Valentine Mott
1785–1865 (age 80)
Green-Wood Cemetery
Valentine Mott (1785-1865) was a prominent physician and medical innovator from Glen Cove, New York.
James McCune Smith
1813–1865 (age 52)
Cypress Hills Cemetery
James McCune Smith was a pioneering African American physician and abolitionist who practiced medicine in New York City ...
John Strother Griffin
1816–1898 (age 82)
Evergreen Cemetery
Pioneer physician and founder of East Los Angeles.