People

Hosea Ballou (1771-1852)

Hosea Ballou was born in 1771 to a Baptist minister and was the eleventh child in his New Hampshire family. He went on to become a Universalist Clergyman and served at the Second Universalist Church on School Street in Boston …

Samuel Gridley Howe (1801 – 1876)

Samuel Gridley Howe was a revolutionary, reformer, and educator.

Harrison Gray Otis (1765-1848)

Best known as one of the wealthiest men in Boston and its third mayor, Harrison Gray Otis was born on October 8, 1765.

George Whitefield Chadwick (1854 – 1931)

A composer, conductor, and educator, George Whitefield Chadwick was born in Lowell, Massachusetts on November 13, 1854.

Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809 – 1894)

Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes was a physician, poet, professor, lecturer, and author.

R. Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983)

Richard Buckminster Fuller, Jr., decorated inventor, designer, and visionary, was born in Milton, Massachusetts on July 12, 1895.

I. F. (“Izzy”) Stone (1907-1989)

Best known as an investigative reporter, journalist and publisher, I. F. Stone was born on December 24, 1907. Originally born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as Isidor Feinstein, I. F. Stone was raised in New Jersey by his parents who were Russian Jewish immigrants.

John Simmons (1796-1870)

“It is my will to found and endow an institution to be called Simmons Female College, for the purpose of teaching medicine, music, drawing, designing, telegraphy, and other branches of art, science and industry best calculated to enable the scholars …

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.

Explore our Interactive Map now » Learn More »

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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