Examine our archive of biographical sketches to learn more about some of those remembered at Mount Auburn who helped to shape our community.

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  Adina E. White (1861? – 1930)
  Artist, Businesswoman, and Local Philanthropist Continue reading →
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  Amos Binney (1803 – 1847)
  Physician and Naturalist Continue reading →
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  Amy Lowell (1874 – 1925)
  Poet, Pulitzer Prize Winner Continue reading →
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  Anne Revere (1903-1990)
  Actress, Oscar Winner Continue reading →
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  Anne Whitney (1821-1915)
  Poet and Sculptor Continue reading →
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  Arthur Foote (1853-1937)
  Composer Continue reading →
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  Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. (1917-2007)
  Historian and Author, Pulitzer Prize Winner Continue reading →
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  Asa Gray (1810-1888)
  Botanist Continue reading →
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  Asher Benjamin (1773-1845)
  Architect Continue reading →
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  B. F. Skinner (1904-1990)
  Behavioral Psychologist Continue reading →
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  Benjamin C. Thompson (1918 – 2002)
  Architect Continue reading →
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  Benjamin Franklin Roberts (1814 – 1887)
  Publisher, Editor, and Abolitionist Continue reading →
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  Bernard Malamud (1914-1986)
  Author, Pulitzer Prize Winner Continue reading →
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  Caroline Keller Loughlin (1940 – 2013)
  Landscape Historian, Mount Auburn Cemetery Trustee Continue reading →
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  Charles Bulfinch (1763-1844)
  Architect Continue reading →
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  Charles Dana Gibson (1867-1944)
  Illustrator and Creator of the “Gibson Girl” Continue reading →
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  Charles Eliot (1859-1897)
  Chemist and Harvard President Continue reading →
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  Charles Mason Hovey (1810 – 1887)
  Horticulturist Continue reading →
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  Charles Russell Lowell (1835-1864)
  Civil War Colonel Continue reading →
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  Charles Sumner (1811-1874)
  US Senator and Abolitionist Continue reading →
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  Charlotte Cushman (1816-1876)
  Actor Continue reading →
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  Clara Endicott Sears (1863-1960)
  Preservationist, Historian, and Author Continue reading →
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  Clement Morgan (1859 – 1929)
  Lawyer, Local Politician, and Founder of the NAACP Continue reading →
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  Commemorating Simon Antranighian
  Memorializing local heritage: creating a monument for Mount Auburn’s first Armenian resident Mount Auburn is working with a group of Armenian history and culture … Continue reading →
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  Curt Gowdy (1919-2006)
  “The Voice” of American Sports Continue reading →
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  Dorothea Dix (1802-1887)
  Reformer and Mental Health Advocate Continue reading →
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  E. Power Biggs (1906-1977)
  Organist Continue reading →
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  Ednah Dow Littlehale Cheney (1824 -1904)
  Writer, Philosopher, and Reformer Continue reading →
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  Edward Everett (1794-1865)
  Congressman, Massachusetts Governor, Ambassador, and Harvard President Continue reading →
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  Edwin Booth (1833-1893)
  Actor, Founder of the Player’s Club Continue reading →
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  Edwin Land (1909-1991)
  Inventor, Photography Pioneer, and Founder of Polaroid Continue reading →
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  Eileen F. (Aries) Janiak (1948-2012)
  Mount Auburn Staff Member Continue reading →
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  Eleanor Porter (1868 – 1920)
  Author of “Pollyanna” Continue reading →
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  Eleanor Raymond (1887 – 1989)
  Architect Continue reading →
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  Elizabeth Cary Agassiz (1822-1907)
  Founder of Radcliffe College Continue reading →
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  Emily Elizabeth Parsons (1824 – 1880)
  Nurse, Founder of Mount Auburn Hospital Continue reading →
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  Fannie Merritt Farmer (1857-1915)
  Cookbook Author Continue reading →
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  Fanny Fern (1811 – 1872)
  Author and Journalist Continue reading →
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  Fanny Parnell (1848-1882)
  “Irish Poet and Patriot” Continue reading →
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  Felix Frankfurter (1882-1965)
  U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Continue reading →
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  Francis Parkman (1823 – 1893)
  Historian and Horticulturist Continue reading →
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  Frank William Taussig (1859-1940)
  Economist Continue reading →
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  Frederic Ward Putnam (1839 – 1915)
  Anthropologist and Archaeologist Continue reading →

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  A Good Neighbor: John Chipman Gray the Elder
  By Karen Falb Mount Auburn Cemetery and the nearby Larchwood Neighborhood (Fig. 1) have a history going back to the Cemetery’s founding in 1831. At … Continue reading →
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  George Angell (1823-1909)
  Humanitarian, Founder of the MSPCA Continue reading →
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  George Lewis Ruffin (1834 – 1886)
  Lawyer and Judge Originally from Virginia, George Ruffin was the eldest son of free Black parents. His family moved to Boston in response to a … Continue reading →
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  George Whitefield Chadwick (1854 – 1931)
  Composer, Conductor, and Educator Continue reading →
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  Gertrude Wright Morgan (1861 – 1931)
  Civil Rights Activist, Founding Member of the NAACP Continue reading →
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  Gyorgy Kepes (1906 – 2001)
  Founder of MIT’s Center for Advanced Visual Studies Continue reading →
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  Harold E. Edgerton (1903-1990)
  Stroboscopic Photography Pioneer Continue reading →
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  Harriet Hosmer (1830-1908)
  Sculptor Continue reading →
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  Harriet Jacobs (1813 – 1897)
  Author, Abolitionist, Freedom Seeker Continue reading →
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  Harrison Gray Otis (1765-1848)
  Boston Mayor Continue reading →
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  Helen Brooke Taussig (1898 – 1986)
  Pediatric Cardiologist Continue reading →
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  Henry Cabot Lodge (1850 – 1924)
  U.S. Senator Continue reading →
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  Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (1902-1985)
  Politician and Ambassador Continue reading →
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  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)
  Poet Continue reading →
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  Horatio Greenough (1805 – 1852)
  Sculptor Continue reading →
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  Hosea Ballou (1771-1852)
  Universalist Minister Continue reading →
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  I. F. (“Izzy”) Stone (1907-1989)
  Investigative Reporter, Journalist, and Publisher Continue reading →
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  Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840-1924)
  Art Collector and Museum Founder Continue reading →
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  Jacob Bigelow (1787-1879)
  Physician, Mount Auburn Cemetery President Continue reading →
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  James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)
  Poet, Editor, and Diplomat Continue reading →
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  James Thomas Fields (1816/7-1881)
  Publisher, Editor, and Author Continue reading →
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  Jared Sparks (1789-1866)
  Historian, Writer, and Harvard President Continue reading →
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  Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (1807-1873)
  Geologist and Zoologist Continue reading →
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  Johann Spurzheim (1776 – 1832)
  Phrenologist Continue reading →
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  John B. Rawls (1921-2002)
  Moral and Political Philosopher Continue reading →
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  John Bartlett (1820-1905)
  Publisher of “Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations” Continue reading →
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  John Murray (1741 – 1815)
  Founder of Universalism in America Continue reading →
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  John Perkins Cushing (1787 – 1862)
  Merchant and Philanthropist Continue reading →
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  John Simmons (1796-1870)
  Businessman, Philanthropist, Founder of Simmons College Continue reading →
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  Joseph Story (1779-1845)
  US Supreme Court Associate Justice, Mount Auburn Cemetery President Continue reading →
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  Josephine Ruffin (1842-1924)
  Journalist, Publisher, and Civil Rights Leader Continue reading →
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  Joshua Bowen Smith (1813 – 1879)
  Caterer and Underground Railroad Conductor Continue reading →
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  Joyce Chen (1917 – 1994)
  Celebrated Restaurateur, Cookbook Author, Culinary Television Personality, and Entrepreneur Continue reading →
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  Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910)
  Suffragist, Author of “Battle Hymn of the Republic” Continue reading →
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  Katharine Burr Blodgett (1898 – 1979)
  Physicist and Inventor of “Invisible Glass” Continue reading →
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  Kittie Knox (1874 – 1900)
  A Pioneering Cyclist In a previously unmarked grave on Vesper Path lie the remains of Kittie T. Knox, born in 1874. Knox’s mother, Katherine Towle, … Continue reading →
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  Lemuel Shaw (1781-1861)
  Jurist Continue reading →
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  Lois Lilley Howe (1864-1964)
  Architect Continue reading →
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  Ludlow Griscom (1890-1958)
  Ornithologist, “Dean of the Birdwatchers” Continue reading →
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  Mabel Wheeler Daniels (1877-1971)
  Composer and Musician Continue reading →
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  Margaret Fuller Ossoli (1810-1850)
  Author and Transcendentalist Continue reading →
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  Marguerite LeHand (1896 – 1944)
  Personal Secretary to FDR Continue reading →
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  Maria Richards Oakey Dewing
  Artist Continue reading →
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  Maria White Lowell (1821 – 1853)
  Poet Continue reading →
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  Mary Baker Eddy (1821-1910)
  Author, Publisher, and Discoverer of Christian Science Continue reading →
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  Mary Porter Tileston Hemenway (1820 – 1894)
  Philanthropist Continue reading →
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  Mary Walker (1818 – 1873)
  Freedom Seeker, Seamstress, and Caretaker Mary Walker began her life enslaved in North Carolina, where she lived on the large plantation of Duncan Cameron. Walker … Continue reading →
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  Mary Whiton Calkins (1863-1930)
  Psychologist and Philosopher Continue reading →
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  Maud Morgan (1903 – 1999)
  Contemporary Artist Continue reading →
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  Minor White (1908 – 1976)
  Photographer and Teacher Continue reading →
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  Morrill Wyman (1812 – 1903)
  Physician Continue reading →
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  Myrtle Hart (1874 – 1966)
  Harpist Continue reading →

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  Nadine Fortune Wright (1893 – 1994)
  Educator and Activist Continue reading →
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  Nathaniel Bowditch (1773-1838)
  Mathematician and Astronomer Continue reading →
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  Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806-1867)
  Poet, Editor, and Publisher Continue reading →
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  Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809 – 1894)
  Physician, Poet, and Author Continue reading →
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  Peter Bent Brigham (1807-1877)
  Restaurateur and Philanthropist Continue reading →
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  Peter Byus (1800 – 1867)
  Tailor and Freedom Seeker Continue reading →
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  Phillips Brooks (1835-1893)
  Rector of Trinity Church, Episcopalian Bishop, and Author “O Little Town of Bethlehem” Continue reading →
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  R. Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983)
  Inventor, Designer, and Visionary Continue reading →
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  Richard Henry Dana III (1851-1931)
  Lawyer and Reformer Continue reading →
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  Robert Creeley (1926 – 2005)
  Poet Continue reading →
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  Samuel Gridley Howe (1801 – 1876)
  Revolutionary, Reformer, and Educator Continue reading →
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  Stephen P. Mugar (1901 – 1982)
  Founder of Star Market, Philanthropist Continue reading →
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  Svetlana Boym (1959-2015)
  Novelist, Playwright, Cultural Critic, and New Media Artist Continue reading →
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  Theodore Thomas (1835 – 1905)
  Conductor Continue reading →
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  Theodore William Richards (1868 – 1928)
  Chemist, Nobel Prize Recipient Continue reading →
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  Thomas Cass (1821 – 1862)
  Civil War General Continue reading →
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  Thomas Gold Appleton (1812-1884)
  Art Patron and Collector Continue reading →
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  Thomas H. Perkins (1764 – 1854)
  Merchant and Philanthropist Continue reading →
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  Thomas Whittemore (1871–1950)
  Art Historian, Archaeologist, and Byzantine Scholar Continue reading →
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  Timothy Fuller (1778 – 1835)
  Lawyer and Legislator Continue reading →

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  Walter Hunnewell (1917 – 1999)
  Businessman and Patron of Horticulture Continue reading →
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  William Alfred (1922 – 1999)
  Playwright and Poet Continue reading →
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  William Barton Rogers (1804-1882)
  MIT Founder Continue reading →
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  William Brewster (1851-1919)
  Ornithologist Continue reading →
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  William Ellery Channing (1780 – 1842)
  Unitarian Minister and Social Reformer Continue reading →
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  William F. Harnden (1812 – 1845)
  Express Industry Pioneer Continue reading →
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  William Henry Lewis (1868-1949)
  All-American Football Player and U.S. Assistant Attorney General Continue reading →
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  Williamina Fleming (1857 – 1911)
  Astronomer Continue reading →
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  Winslow Homer (1836-1910)
  Artist Continue reading →

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