People

Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (1807-1873)

Louis Agassiz, scientist, geologist, zoologist and teacher, was born on May 28, 1807.

Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806-1867)

There really is no one like Nathaniel Parker Willis (January 20, 1806 – January 20, 1867), the American poet, editor, publisher, travel essayist and, for a time, the highest-paid magazine writer of his day. He was born in Portland, Maine, …

Harriet Jacobs (1813-1897)

Born a slave in Edenton, North Carolina on February 12, 1813, Harriet Jacobs went on to become an author and abolitionist.

William Barton Rogers (1804-1882)

Best known for founding the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, William Barton Rogers was born on December 7, 1804.

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 …

Thomas Cass (1821 – 1862)

A general in the Union Army during the Civil War, Thomas Cass was born in Queen’s County, Ireland, in 1821.

Eleanor Raymond (1887 – 1989)

Architect Lot 637 Greenbrier Path Architect Eleanor Raymond was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was one of seven children of Thomas Cole Raymond, a railroad purchasing agent from Boston, and Josephine McAndrew Watt from Illinois. The couple married in 1874 and …

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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