Scientist Graves & Memorials

Joseph Henry

1797–1878 (age 81)

Oak Hill Cemetery

First Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and pioneering physicist.

William Henry Holmes

1846–1933 (age 87)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Scientist known for contributions to American anthropology and archaeology.

Alexander Dallas Bache

1806–1867 (age 61)

Congressional Cemetery

Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867) was a prominent Philadelphia-born scientist and superintendent of the U.S. Coast Surv...

Eunice Newton Foote

1819–1888 (age 69)

Green-Wood Cemetery

Eunice Newton Foote was a Goshen resident and scientist who lived from 1819 to 1888.

St. Julien Ravenel

1819–1882 (age 63)

Magnolia Cemetery

St. Julien Ravenel was a Charleston-based scientist and naturalist.

Henry Augustus Rowland

1848–1901 (age 53)

Green Mount Cemetery

Henry Augustus Rowland (1848-1901) was a Honesdale resident and scientist.

Solomon G. Brown

1829–1906 (age 77)

Columbian Harmony Cemetery

Solomon G. Brown (1829-1906) was an American scientist and museum curator from Washington, D.C.

Wilbur Olin Atwater

1844–1907 (age 63)

Indian Hill Cemetery

Wilbur Olin Atwater (1844-1907) was a pioneering nutritional scientist and chemist.

Frank Austin Gooch

1852–1929 (age 77)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Frank Austin Gooch (1852-1929) was a Watertown resident and scientist who lived 77 years and was buried in Mount Auburn ...

Daniel Draper

1841–1931 (age 90)

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

Daniel Draper was a New York City scientist and director of the Draper Observatory known for his work in astronomical ph...

Evsei Beloussoff

1882–1945 (age 63)

Mount Pleasant Cemetery

Evsei Beloussoff was a Moscow-born scientist who lived from 1882 to 1945.

Eugene Davenport

1856–1941 (age 85)

Woodland Memorial Park

Eugene Davenport (1856-1941) was an American agricultural scientist from Woodland, Illinois.

Helen Dean King

1869–1955 (age 86)

Evergreen Cemetery

Helen Dean King was a scientist and researcher from Owego who lived from 1869 to 1955.

Peter Debye

1884–1966 (age 82)

Pleasant Grove Cemetery

Peter Debye (1884-1966) was a Maastricht-born individual who was buried at Pleasant Grove Cemetery.

Jesse Beams

1898–1977 (age 79)

University of Virginia Cemetery and Columbarium

Jesse Beams was a Belle Plaine resident and scientist who lived from 1898 to 1977.

Charles Greeley Abbot

1872–1973 (age 101)

Fort Lincoln Cemetery

Charles Greeley Abbot was an American scientist and Smithsonian Institution official who lived from 1872 to 1973.

David MacAdam

1910–1998 (age 88)

Philadelphia

David MacAdam (1910-1998) was a Scottish-American color scientist and optical researcher.

Guy N. Collins

1872–1938 (age 66)

Prospect Hill Cemetery

Guy N. Collins (1872–1938) was an American botanist and plant pathologist from Connecticut, laid to rest at Prospect H...

Adelbert Ames, Jr.

1880–1955 (age 75)

Dartmouth College Cemetery

Adelbert Ames, Jr. (1880–1955) of Lowell is buried in Dartmouth College Cemetery.

George Emil Palade

1912–2008 (age 96)

Rocky Mountains

George Emil Palade (1912-2008) was a Romanian-born scientist from Iași who was buried in the Rocky Mountains of Canada.

Alexander Bunge

1803–1890 (age 87)

Raadi cemetery

Alexander Bunge was a Kyiv-born scientist who spent significant time in Estonia and was buried in Raadi cemetery.

Mikhail Dubinin

1901–1993 (age 92)

Kuntsevo Cemetery

Mikhail Dubinin (1901-1993) was a Moscow-born Russian scientist who made significant contributions to physical chemistry...

Губанов, Максим Герасимович

1920–2006 (age 86)

Yevpatoriia

Yuri Vladimirovich Sadovsky (1920-2006) was a Russian scientist from Uman Raion who was buried at Mar'ina Roscha cemeter...

Безвербый, Виталий Константинович

1929–2010 (age 81)

Troyekurovskoye cemetery

Ivan Fyodorovich Borodin (1929-2010) was a Russian scientist who was buried at Dolgoprudnenskoye Cemetery.

Gaspard Alphonse Dupasquier

1793–1848 (age 55)

Cimetière de Loyasse

Gaspard Alphonse Dupasquier was a French scientist who lived from 1793 to 1848 in Chessy and was buried at Cimetière de...

Adrien Loir

1862–1941 (age 79)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Adrien Loir was a French scientist born in Lyon in 1862 who died in 1941.

Archibald Low

1888–1956 (age 68)

Brompton Cemetery

Archibald Low (1888-1956) was a British individual born in Purley who was buried at Brompton Cemetery in the United King...