Historian Graves & Memorials

Charles H. Wesley

1891–1987 (age 96)

Lincoln Memorial Cemetery

Charles H. Wesley (1891-1987) was an American historian, educator, and minister who documented African American history.

Wilcomb E. Washburn

1925–1997 (age 72)

Arlington National Cemetery

Wilcomb E. Washburn (1925–1997) was an American historian who directed major museum programs and wrote extensively on ...

Joe Bertram Frantz

1917–1993 (age 76)

Texas State Cemetery

Joe Bertram Frantz (1917–1993) was a Dallas-born historian of Texas and the American West who taught at the University...

Jack H. Hexter

1910–1996 (age 86)

Bellefontaine Cemetery

Jack H. Hexter (1910–1996) was a historian whose legacy is honored at Bellefontaine Cemetery after a life rooted in Me...

Henry Steele Commager

1902–1998 (age 96)

Wildwood Cemetery

Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) was a leading American historian known for his writings on the U.S. Constitution.

Barbara Jelavich

1923–1995 (age 72)

Santa Clara Mission Cemetery

Barbara Jelavich (1923–1995) was a Belleville-born historian specializing in Eastern European diplomacy and is buried ...

Paul Wallace Gates

1901–1999 (age 98)

Ellis Hollow Cemetery

Paul Wallace Gates (1901–1999) was an American historian from Nashua whose grave is in Ellis Hollow Cemetery.

Roberta Wohlstetter

1912–2007 (age 95)

Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

Roberta Wohlstetter was an American military historian whose pioneering work reshaped Cold War intelligence analysis.

Arthur M. Schlesinger

1917–2007 (age 90)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Arthur M. Schlesinger (1917–2007) was an American historian and social critic whose Pulitzer Prize-winning biographies...

Adam Ulam

1922–2000 (age 78)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Adam Ulam was a Harvard historian and expert on Soviet studies whose scholarship spanned decades.

Franklin Garrett

1906–2000 (age 94)

Oakland Cemetery

Franklin Garrett (1906-2000) chronicled Atlanta's history as its city historian and was laid to rest at Oakland Cemetery...

Edgar Toppin

1928–2004 (age 76)

Blandford Cemetery

Historian Edgar Toppin (1928–2004) spent his life chronicling African-American history before being laid to rest at Bl...

Brian Pohanka

1955–2005 (age 50)

Columbia Gardens Cemetery

Brian Pohanka (1955–2005) was a Civil War historian and consultant whose research informed many documentaries and reen...

Thomas Neville Bonner

1923–2003 (age 80)

National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona

Thomas Neville Bonner (1923–2003) of Rochester was a historian of medicine who chronicled the lives of American physic...

Davis Bitton

1930–2007 (age 77)

Salt Lake City Cemetery

Davis Bitton (1930–2007) was an American historian and writer specializing in Mormon history and is interred at Salt L...

Hal Rothman

1958–2007 (age 49)

King David Memorial Chapel and Cemetery

Hal Rothman (1958-2007) was an American historian and author celebrated for his studies of Nevada and the cultural histo...

David Herbert Donald

1920–2009 (age 89)

Lincoln Cemetery

David Herbert Donald (1920-2009) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian of Abraham Lincoln whose papers live on after hi...

Bernard Bailyn

1922–2020 (age 98)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Bernard Bailyn (1922–2020) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian of early American colonial history at Harvard Univer...

Robert Butow

1924–2017 (age 93)

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific

Robert Butow (1924–2017), born in San Mateo, was a historian of U.S.-Japan relations whose scholarship earned him a gr...

Walter Kaegi

1937–2022 (age 85)

Cave Hill Cemetery

Walter Kaegi (1937-2022) was an American historian of Byzantium who taught for decades at the University of Wisconsin–...

Charles L. Blockson

1933–2023 (age 90)

Eden Cemetery

Charles L. Blockson (1933–2023) was an American historian, collector, and educator who assembled the Charles L. Blocks...

Jonathan Spence

1936–2021 (age 85)

Grove Street Cemetery

Jonathan Spence (1936–2021) was a British-born historian whose Yale career made him a leading interpreter of Chinese h...

William H. Goetzmann

1930–2010 (age 80)

Grove Street Cemetery

William H. Goetzmann was a Yale historian of the American West whose influential scholarship is remembered alongside his...

Carl Emil Schorske

1915–2015 (age 100)

Princeton Cemetery

Carl Emil Schorske (1915-2015) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian from The Bronx now interred at Princeton Cemetery.

Michael Kammen

1936–2013 (age 77)

Pleasant Grove Cemetery

Michael Kammen (1936-2013) was a celebrated historian of American culture who died in Rochester and is buried at Pleasan...

Theodore S. Hamerow

1920–2013 (age 93)

Resurrection Cemetery

Theodore S. Hamerow (1920–2013) was a Warsaw-born historian of modern Germany and World War II who was interred at Res...

Eugene N. Borza

1935–2021 (age 86)

Emmanuel Union Cemetery

Eugene N. Borza (1935-2021) was a distinguished historian of ancient Macedonia and professor at Case Western Reserve Uni...

W. Michael Mathes

1936–2012 (age 76)

Plainview Cemetery

W. Michael Mathes (1936–2012) was an American historian and bibliographer noted for his scholarship on colonial Mexico...

Ed Bearss

1923–2020 (age 97)

Bethel Cemetery

Ed Bearss (1923–2020) was an American military historian renowned for his Civil War scholarship and is buried at Bethe...

Joe Medicine Crow

1913–2016 (age 103)

Apsaalooke Veterans Cemetery

Joe Medicine Crow, a Crow Nation historian and the tribe's last traditional war chief, preserved Plains culture while se...

Hayim Hillel Ben-Sasson

1914–1977 (age 63)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Hayim Hillel Ben-Sasson was a historian and scholar who specialized in Jewish history and served as a professor at Hebre...

Israel Kolatt

1927–2007 (age 80)

Har HaMenuchot

Israel Kolatt (1927-2007) was born in Vilnius and later settled in Israel, where he was buried at Har HaMenuchot.

David Bankier

1947–2010 (age 63)

Har HaMenuchot

David Bankier was a German-born Israeli historian specializing in the Holocaust and the Third Reich.

Eli Shiller

1938–2018 (age 80)

Har HaMenuchot

Eli Shiller was a Hungarian-born Israeli historian and tour guide who lived from 1938 to 2018.

Rachel Elboim-Dror

1939–2020 (age 81)

Har HaMenuchot

Rachel Elboim-Dror was a Polish-born Israeli historian and researcher who lived from 1939 to 2020.

Abraham Malamat

1922–2010 (age 88)

Har HaMenuchot

Abraham Malamat (1922-2010) was a Vienna-born Israeli historian and biblical scholar who specialized in ancient Near Eas...

Richard Pankhurst

1927–2017 (age 90)

Holy Trinity Cathedral

Richard Pankhurst was a British-born historian and scholar who became a leading expert on Ethiopian history and culture.

Antti Majanlahti

1966–2017 (age 51)

Vatiala cemetery

Antti Majanlahti was a Finnish historian and author specializing in Helsinki's urban history and cultural heritage.

Ferenc Szakály

1942–1999 (age 57)

Farkasréti Cemetery

Ferenc Szakály (1942-1999) was a Hungarian historian from Zalaegerszeg who was laid to rest at Farkasréti Cemetery.

Bedřich Mendl

1892–1940 (age 48)

Cemetery in Šárka

Bedřich Mendl was a Czech historian from Břežany II who lived from 1892 to 1940 and was buried at Cemetery in Šárka...

Josef Šusta

1874–1945 (age 71)

Cemetery in Šárka

Josef Šusta was a Czech historian from Třeboň who lived from 1874 to 1945 and was buried at Cemetery in Šárka.

Shigeno Yasutsugu

1827–1910 (age 83)

Yanaka Cemetery

Shigeno Yasutsugu (1827-1910) was a Japanese historian and official historiographer who contributed to the compilation o...

Juan Catalina García y López

1845–1911 (age 66)

San Justo Cemetery

Juan Catalina García y López (1845-1911) was a Spanish historian and scholar from Salmeroncillos who dedicated his lif...

Adam Skałkowski

1877–1951 (age 74)

Poznań

Adam Skałkowski (1877-1951) was a Lviv-born Polish individual who was buried at Górczyński Cemetery.

Halina Evert-Kappesowa

1904–1985 (age 81)

Evangelical Cemetery of the Augsburg Confession in Warsaw

Halina Evert-Kappesowa (1904-1985) was a Polish Byzantine historian from Łódź buried at the Evangelical Cemetery in W...

Jadwiga Karwasińska

1900–1986 (age 86)

Czerniaków Cemetery

Jadwiga Karwasińska (1900-1986) was a Polish historian from Radomsko who was buried at Czerniaków Cemetery.

Józef Gierowski

1922–2006 (age 84)

Rakowicki Cemetery

Józef Gierowski (1922-2006) was a Polish historian from Częstochowa who specialized in early modern Polish history.

Maria Nietyksza

1936–2017 (age 81)

Powązki Cemetery

Maria Nietyksza (1936-2017) was a Polish historian from Warsaw specializing in social and economic history of Poland.

Wojciech Wrzesiński

1934–2013 (age 79)

Grabiszyn Cemetery

Wojciech Wrzesiński (1934-2013) was a Polish historian from Krzywosądz who was laid to rest at Grabiszyn Cemetery.

Konstantin Bestuzhev-Ryumin

1829–1897 (age 68)

Novodevichy Cemetery

Konstantin Bestuzhev-Ryumin was a Russian historian specializing in medieval Russian history and a professor at Saint Pe...