People

James Thomas Fields (1816/7-1881)

James Thomas Fields, publisher, editor, and author, was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on December 31, 1816/7.

Winslow Homer (1836-1910)

One of America’s best-known landscape painters, Winslow Homer was born in Boston on February 24, 1836.

John B. Rawls (1921-2002)

Known as one of the leading moral and political philosophers of the past century, John B. Rawls was born on February 21, 1921.

John Murray (1741 – 1815)

John Murray is the founder of Universalism in America.

John Perkins Cushing (1787 – 1862)

John Perkins Cushing, merchant and philanthropist, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 22, 1787.

Eleanor Porter (1868 – 1920)

Author of Pollyanna Lot 6809 on Cuphea Path Best known as the Author of Pollyanna, Eleanor Porter was born in Littleton, New Hampshire. She was the daughter of Francis Fletcher Hodgman and Llewella French Woolson Hodgman. Her mother was a descendant …

E. Power Biggs (1906-1977)

E. Power Biggs was one of the greatest organists of the twentieth century. Born in England, Biggs was trained at the Royal Academy of Music in London. In 1930 he emigrated to the United States and moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts …

Fannie Merritt Farmer (1857-1915)

Born in Boston in 1857, Fannie Farmer was a cooking instructor and cookbook author who came to be known as the “Mother of Level Measurements.”

A Landscape of Memory

More than 100,000 individuals are buried and commemorated at Mount Auburn. We honor the lives and legacies of all those now resting at the Cemetery who have helped to shape the world in which we live.

Writers, educators, reformers, artists, scientists and inventors are among those whose influence can still be seen throughout Boston, the New England region, nationally, and even internationally.

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Burial Search

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Burial Search

Visit our interactive map to quickly find the location of individuals buried at Mount Auburn. For additional assistance, complete a request for a burial location verification through our online store.

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Burial Search

Visit our interactive map to quickly find the location of individuals buried at Mount Auburn. For additional assistance, complete a request for a burial location verification through our online store.

Explore our Interactive Map now » Learn More »

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