Chemist Graves & Memorials

Charles Thomas Jackson

1805–1880 (age 75)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Charles Thomas Jackson was an American chemist and geologist who lived from 1805 to 1880.

James Curtis Booth

1810–1888 (age 78)

Church of the Redeemer Cemetery

James Curtis Booth was a Philadelphia-based chemist and industrialist who lived from 1810 to 1888.

Robert Ogden Doremus

1824–1906 (age 82)

Green-Wood Cemetery

Robert Ogden Doremus was an American chemist and educator who made advances in chemical science and industrial chemistry...

Henry Carrington Bolton

1843–1903 (age 60)

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

American chemist and historian of science who made significant contributions to the study of chemical nomenclature and h...

Thomas Messinger Drown

1842–1904 (age 62)

The Woodlands

Thomas Messinger Drown (1842-1904) was a Philadelphia figure interred at The Woodlands.

Levi Buell Nelson

1838–1903 (age 65)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Levi Buell Nelson was a chemist from Chemung County who lived from 1838 to 1903.

Ira Mallory Remsen

1876–1928 (age 52)

Green-Wood Cemetery

Ira Mallory Remsen was an American chemist and educator who served as a professor and administrator at Johns Hopkins Uni...

Charles Frederick Chandler

1836–1925 (age 89)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Charles Frederick Chandler (1836-1925) was a Lancaster resident and chemist who lived for 89 years.

Harvey Washington Wiley

1844–1930 (age 86)

Arlington National Cemetery

Harvey Washington Wiley (1844-1930) was a pioneering American chemist and food safety advocate.

Frank W. Clarke

1847–1931 (age 84)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Frank W. Clarke was an American chemist and geochemist who served as chief chemist of the U.S. Geological Survey.

Charles Loring Jackson

1847–1935 (age 88)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Charles Loring Jackson was an American chemist known for his research in organic chemistry and his work at Harvard Unive...

Edward Curtis Franklin

1862–1937 (age 75)

Alta Mesa Memorial Park

Edward Curtis Franklin was a chemist and Geary native who lived from 1862 to 1937.

G. Hermann Kinnicutt

1877–1943 (age 66)

St. Bernard's Cemetery

G. Hermann Kinnicutt was an American chemist and academic from Manhattan.

Roger Cook Adams

1874–1962 (age 88)

Forest Lawn Cemetery

Roger Cook Adams was an American chemist who lived from 1874 to 1962 and was buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery.

Robert Burns Woodward

1917–1979 (age 62)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Robert Burns Woodward was a Nobel Prize-winning American chemist who lived from 1917 to 1979.

Lars Onsager

1903–1976 (age 73)

Grove Street Cemetery

Lars Onsager was a Norwegian-born physical chemist (1903-1976) who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Leonard Benedict Loeb

1891–1978 (age 87)

El Carmelo Cemetery

Leonard Benedict Loeb (1891-1978) was a Zurich-based chemist and scientific researcher.

Frank Thomson Gucker

1900–1973 (age 73)

Great Valley Presbyterian Church Cemetery

Frank Thomson Gucker was an American physical chemist known for his research in thermodynamics and molecular spectroscop...

Percy Lavon Julian

1899–1975 (age 76)

Elm Lawn Memorial Park

Percy Lavon Julian (1899-1975) was a Montgomery resident and notable figure who lived 76 years.

Charles J. Pedersen

1904–1989 (age 85)

East View Cemetery

Charles J. Pedersen was a Danish-American chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1987 for his discovery of crow...

Derek Barton

1918–1998 (age 80)

Texas A&M University

Derek Barton (1918-1998) was a British organic chemist and Nobel Prize winner born in Gravesend.

Charles Herty

1867–1938 (age 71)

Memory Hill Cemetery

Charles Herty (1867-1938) was a pioneering American chemist and academic whose work in forestry and papermaking is comme...

Francis Preston Venable

1856–1934 (age 78)

Old Chapel Hill Cemetery

Francis Preston Venable (1856-1934) was an American chemist and university president whose legacy endures at Old Chapel ...

John Howard Appleton

1844–1930 (age 86)

Swan Point Cemetery

John Howard Appleton (1844–1930) was a longtime Brown University chemist whose research and teaching shaped generation...

Charles Edward Munroe

1849–1938 (age 89)

West Laurel Hill Cemetery

Charles Edward Munroe (1849-1938) was an American chemist credited with discovering the Munroe effect and teaching at MI...

Wallace Carothers

1896–1937 (age 41)

Glendale Cemetery

Wallace Carothers (1896–1937) was an innovative chemist laid to rest at Glendale Cemetery in Burlington.

James B. Sumner

1887–1955 (age 68)

Canton Corner Cemetery

James B. Sumner (1887-1955) was the Canton-born Nobel Prize-winning chemist whose crystallization of enzymes transformed...

Russell Earl Marker

1902–1995 (age 93)

Centre County Memorial Park

Russell Earl Marker (1902-1995) was an American chemist best known for the Marker degradation and his contributions to s...

Glenn T. Seaborg

1912–1999 (age 87)

Sunset View Cemetery

Glenn T. Seaborg (1912–1999) was an American chemist who won the Nobel Prize for his work in nuclear chemistry and is ...

Fred Baur

1918–2008 (age 90)

Mount Healthy

Fred Baur (1918-2008) was an American chemist best known for inventing the cylindrical container for Pringles.

Herbert C. Brown

1912–2004 (age 92)

Jewish Cemetery of Greater Lafayette

Herbert C. Brown (1912–2004), born in London, earned a Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on organoboranes.

Arthur M. Wahl

1901–2003 (age 102)

Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens North

Arthur M. Wahl (1901–2003) was an American chemist who contributed to nuclear science and rests at Forest Lawn Memoria...

Paul Lauterbur

1929–2007 (age 78)

Graceland Cemetery

Paul Lauterbur (1929–2007) was an American chemist and Nobel laureate whose work on magnetic resonance imaging is memo...

Jacob Akiba Marinsky

1918–2005 (age 87)

Temple Beth El Cemetery

Jacob Akiba Marinsky (1918–2005) was a Buffalo-born chemist noted for his work on promethium who is buried at Temple B...

William von Eggers Doering

1917–2011 (age 94)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

William von Eggers Doering (1917–2011) was an American organic chemist whose work on carbocations and mentorship shape...

J. Paul Hogan

1919–2012 (age 93)

Memorial Park Cemetery

J. Paul Hogan (1919-2012) was an American chemist who co-invented the polymer polypropylene while working at Phillips Pe...

Miroslav Krumpolc

1942–2006 (age 64)

Vršovice Cemetery

Miroslav Krumpolc (1942-2006) was a Czech chemist known for his research in organic and analytical chemistry.

Richard F. Heck

1931–2015 (age 84)

Holy Cross Memorial Park

Richard F. Heck was an American chemist and Nobel Prize laureate who developed the Heck reaction, a key tool in organic ...

Eugène Péligot

1811–1890 (age 79)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Eugène Péligot was a French chemist who made significant contributions to analytical chemistry and is known for isolat...