Deaths in the 1900s

Charles Morton

1819–1904 (age 85)

Highgate Cemetery

Charles Stewart

1840–1907 (age 67)

Highgate Cemetery

Charles Stewart was a devoted zoologist whose careful study of animal life earned him lasting regard.

Charles Watts

1836–1906 (age 70)

Highgate Cemetery

Edmund Hart Turpin

1835–1907 (age 72)

Highgate Cemetery

Edmund Hart Turpin was a composer and church musician whose contributions enriched the Anglican choral tradition.

Edward Angelo Goodall

1819–1908 (age 89)

Highgate Cemetery

Eyre Massey Shaw

1828–1908 (age 80)

Highgate Cemetery

Eyre Massey Shaw transformed London fire services, earning admiration for his leadership and bravery.

David Law

1831–1901 (age 70)

Worthing

Leslie Stephen

1832–1904 (age 72)

Highgate Cemetery

Leslie Stephen was a leading man of letters whose keen intellect helped shape late Victorian literature and biography.

Rudolf Lehmann

1819–1905 (age 86)

Highgate Cemetery

Ernest Fenollosa

1853–1908 (age 55)

Highgate Cemetery

Ernest Fenollosa was a poet and scholar whose advocacy for Japanese art left a profound cultural legacy.

John Baptiste Calkin

1827–1905 (age 78)

Highgate Cemetery

Hodgson Pratt

1824–1907 (age 83)

Highgate Cemetery

Hodgson Pratt was a civil servant turned peace advocate who tirelessly promoted arbitration and international understand...

James Martineau

1805–1900 (age 95)

Highgate Cemetery

James Martineau (; 21 April 1805 – 11 January 1900) was a British religious philosopher influential in the history of ...

Thoby Stephen

1880–1906 (age 26)

Highgate Cemetery

Thoby Stephen was a devoted painter whose vibrant spirit and support of his siblings left a lasting personal legacy.

Reginald Harrison

1837–1908 (age 71)

Highgate Cemetery

James Edward Budgett-Meakin

1866–1906 (age 40)

Highgate Cemetery

James Edward Budgett-Meakin was a journalist and author whose thoughtful reporting deepened understanding of North Afric...

John Richard Robinson

1828–1903 (age 75)

Highgate Cemetery

Danby Palmer Fry

1818–1903 (age 85)

Highgate Cemetery

Danby Palmer Fry was a barrister whose steady counsel and commitment to justice were widely respected.

Henry Guard Knaggs

1832–1908 (age 76)

Highgate Cemetery

Thomas Child

1839–1906 (age 67)

Highgate Cemetery

Thomas Child was a photographer whose luminous studies of ancient Egypt brought distant monuments to wider audiences.

J. M. Brydon

1840–1901 (age 61)

Highgate Cemetery

John McKean Brydon (1840 – 25 May 1901) was a Scottish architect who developed a practice in designing public building...

Edith Martineau

1842–1909 (age 67)

Highgate Cemetery

Edith Martineau was a pioneering English watercolour artist whose sensitive landscapes earned her a place among the Vict...

Edward Sotheby

1813–1902 (age 89)

Highgate Cemetery

Frederick Warne

1825–1901 (age 76)

Highgate Cemetery

Frederick Warne (13 October 1825 – 17 November 1901) was a British publisher, founder of Frederick Warne & Co.

Edward Dalziel

1817–1905 (age 88)

Highgate Cemetery

Andrew Baird

1842–1908 (age 66)

Highgate Cemetery

Andrew Baird was a quiet pillar of the Highgate community whose reliability inspired those around him.

Martin Colnaghi

1821–1908 (age 87)

Highgate Cemetery

Martin Colnaghi (1821-1908) was a London-based figure who was buried in his family grave.

Francis Elgar

1845–1909 (age 64)

Highgate Cemetery

Francis Elgar was a naval engineer whose writings and leadership advanced shipbuilding standards.

Edward Hughes

1832–1908 (age 76)

Highgate Cemetery

George Edward Jelf

1834–1908 (age 74)

Highgate Cemetery

George Edward Jelf was a writer and cleric whose sermons and biographies guided many Anglican readers.

Louisa Starr

1845–1909 (age 64)

Highgate Cemetery

Samuel John Hodson

1836–1908 (age 72)

Highgate Cemetery

Samuel John Hodson was a painter admired for his luminous interior scenes.

Frederick Spicer

1820–1905 (age 85)

Highgate Cemetery

William Duthoit

1834–1907 (age 73)

Ramsgate

William Duthoit was a writer and illustrator celebrated for chronicling the traditions of Kent.

Richard Fothergill

1822–1903 (age 81)

Tenby

Friedrich Weber

1819–1909 (age 90)

Highgate Cemetery

Friedrich Weber was an organist whose music graced London's churches for decades.

Henry White

1819–1903 (age 84)

Highgate Cemetery

Ludwik Aleksander Miecznikowski

1839–1900 (age 61)

Highgate Cemetery

Ludwik Aleksander Miecznikowski was a Polish gentleman whose presence enriched London's expatriate society.

John Irvine Murray

1826–1902 (age 76)

Highgate Cemetery

George Osborne Barratt

1827–1906 (age 79)

Highgate Cemetery

George Osborne Barratt created a confectionery empire that sweetened Victorian childhoods.

Frederick Arthur Beer

1858–1901 (age 43)

Highgate Cemetery

Annie Adams

1843–1905 (age 62)

Highgate Cemetery

Annie Adams lived a quietly devoted life and is remembered in Highgate Cemetery.

Sir John Hutton

1841–1903 (age 62)

Highgate Cemetery

Francis George Claudet

1837–1906 (age 69)

Highgate Cemetery

Francis George Claudet was a pioneering photographer whose work helped capture the expanding world of the British Empire...

William Heath Strange

1837–1907 (age 70)

Highgate Cemetery

John Meiklejohn

1830–1902 (age 72)

Ashford

John Meiklejohn devoted his life to pedagogy and the education of youth.

Norman Warne

1868–1905 (age 37)

Highgate Cemetery

Owen Hall

1853–1907 (age 54)

Highgate Cemetery

Owen Hall was a writer of popular musical comedies whose lively works delighted audiences of the late Victorian and Edwa...

Reginald Hanson

1840–1905 (age 65)

Highgate Cemetery

Sir Cory Cory-Wright, 1st Baronet

1838–1909 (age 71)

Highgate Cemetery

Sir Cory Cory-Wright was a business leader whose efforts sustained industry and civic life.