Astronomer Graves & Memorials

William Cranch Bond

1789–1859 (age 70)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

William Cranch Bond (1789-1859) was an American astronomer and director of Harvard Observatory from Portland.

James Melville Gilliss

1811–1865 (age 54)

Oak Hill Cemetery

James Melville Gilliss was an American astronomer and naval officer who founded the U.S. Naval Observatory.

Richard Anthony Proctor

1837–1888 (age 51)

Green-Wood Cemetery

Richard Anthony Proctor (1837-1888) was a British astronomer and science writer who lived in Chelsea.

Maria Mitchell

1818–1889 (age 71)

Prospect Hill Cemetery

Maria Mitchell was an American astronomer and librarian who became the first female American astronomer to work at an ob...

William Ellery Hale

1836–1898 (age 62)

Oak Woods Cemetery

William Ellery Hale was an American astronomer and astrophysicist who lived from 1836 to 1898.

Charles Augustus Young

1834–1908 (age 74)

Arlington National Cemetery

Charles Augustus Young was an American astronomer and professor who made important observations of solar phenomena.

James Edward Keeler

1857–1900 (age 43)

Allegheny Observatory

James Edward Keeler (1857-1900) was an astronomer from LaSalle whose remains were interred at Allegheny Observatory.

Percival Lowell

1855–1916 (age 61)

Percival Lowell Mausoleum

Percival Lowell (1855-1916) was a Boston-born astronomer and businessman known for his planetary observations.

Edward Emerson Barnard

1857–1923 (age 66)

Mount Olivet Cemetery

Edward Emerson Barnard was a renowned American astronomer born in Nashville in 1857 who died in 1923.

Mary Watson Whitney

1847–1921 (age 74)

Grove Hill Cemetery

Mary Watson Whitney was an American astronomer and director of the Vassar College Observatory.

Henrietta Swan Leavitt

1868–1921 (age 53)

Cambridge Cemetery

Henrietta Swan Leavitt was an American astronomer who discovered the period-luminosity relationship of Cepheid variables...

Asaph Hall Jr.

1859–1930 (age 71)

Arlington National Cemetery

Asaph Hall Jr. (1859-1930) was an American astronomer and son of the discoverer of Mars's moons.

Dorothea Klumpke

1861–1942 (age 81)

San Francisco Columbarium

Dorothea Klumpke was a San Francisco-based astronomer and astrophotographer who lived from 1861 to 1942 and was buried i...

Jorgen Dreyer

1877–1948 (age 71)

Elmwood Cemetery

Jorgen Dreyer (1877-1948) was an astronomer from Tromsø Municipality, Norway.

Annie Jump Cannonn

1863–1941 (age 78)

Lakeside Cemetery

Annie Jump Cannon (1863-1941) was an American astronomer from Dover who made significant contributions to stellar classi...

Edison Pettit

1889–1962 (age 73)

Forest Lawn Memorial Park

Edison Pettit (1889-1962) was a Peru-born American astronomer and scientist.

Vesto Slipher

1875–1969 (age 94)

Citizens Cemetery

Vesto Slipher was a Mulberry resident and astronomer who lived from 1875 to 1969.

Margaret Harwood

1885–1979 (age 94)

Littleton

Margaret Harwood (1885-1979) was an American astronomer known for her work in stellar spectroscopy.

Milton L. Humason

1891–1972 (age 81)

Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum

Milton L. Humason was an astronomer who lived from 1891 to 1972 in Dodge Center.

Cecilia Helena Payne Gaposchkin

1900–1979 (age 79)

Pine Hill Cemetery

Cecilia Helena Payne Gaposchkin (1900-1979) was a Wendover resident and notable astronomer who lived for 79 years.

Harlow Shapley

1885–1972 (age 87)

North Cemetery

Harlow Shapley (1885-1972) was a Nashville-born astronomer and cosmologist who lived for 87 years.

Henry Norris Russell

1877–1957 (age 80)

Princeton Cemetery

Henry Norris Russell (1877-1957), the American astronomer, is buried at Princeton Cemetery.

Forest Ray Moulton

1872–1952 (age 80)

Cadillac Maple Hill Cemetery

Forest Ray Moulton (1872-1952), born in Le Roy, was an American astronomer laid to rest at Cadillac Maple Hill Cemetery.

Robert Burnham, Jr.

1931–1993 (age 62)

Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery

Robert Burnham Jr. guided generations of stargazers with encyclopedic knowledge and abiding kindness.

Thomas Bopp

1949–2018 (age 69)

National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona

Thomas Bopp (1949-2018) was a Denver amateur astronomer who co-discovered Comet Hale-Bopp in 1995.

Viktor Kuzmič Abalakin

1930–2018 (age 88)

Novo-Diveevo Russian Orthodox Cemetery

Viktor Kuzmič Abalakin (1930–2018) was a Russian astronomer noted for refining asteroid orbits and he was interred at...

James Houck

1940–2015 (age 75)

Lake View Cemetery

James Houck was an American astronomer and astrophysicist known for his infrared space telescope work and is buried at L...

David Gill

1843–1914 (age 71)

St Machar's Cathedral

David Gill (1843-1914) was a Scottish astronomer from Aberdeen who was buried at St Machar's Cathedral.