Find A Grave - Highgate Cemetery (West)

Dickens, Charles [memorial] b. February 7, 1812 d. June 9, 1870
This monument is immediately to the left of the grave of Catherine and Dora Dickens. The inscription reads: "Charles Dickens. Born 7 February 1812, died 9 June 1870. Buried in Westminster Abbey. Catherine Dickens, his widow. Born 19 May 1815, died 22 November 1879. Dora Annie. Their ninth child. Died 14 April 1851, aged 9 months.Lieut. Walter Landor. Their second son. Died at Calcutta, 31 December 1853, aged 23. Lieut. Sydney Smith, R.N. Their fifth son. Died at sea 2 May 1872, aged 25.Francis...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)
Highgate Cemetery (West), Highgate, Greater London, England
Dickens, Mary 'Mamie' b. March 6, 1838 d. July 23, 1896
Mary, known as Mamie, was the eldest daughter and second child of Charles and Catherine Dickens. She was named after her mother's sister, Mary Hogarth, who had died the previous year. She never married, although she is believed to have received a proposal of marriage, which she refused because her father disapproved of the suitor. This caused her to suffer from a prolonged bout of depression. She remained with Dickens until his death ; indeed, after her parents' separation, she did not see her...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)
Highgate Cemetery (West), Highgate, Greater London, England
Dove, Frederick John b. 1830 d. 1923
Chairman and Governing Director Dove Bros. Ltd., a Victorian building firm.
Highgate Cemetery (West), Highgate, Greater London, England
Ducres Cunningham, Adm. John Henry b. April 4, 1885 d. December 13, 1962
British Admiral. Commander of the British fleet in the Norwegian Sea in 1940, was the author of the rescue of the British contingent surrounded by Germans. In 1943 he was Commander of the Fleet of the Mediterranean Sea, and strategist of naval operations at Anzio and southern France. He was appointed Admiral of the Fleet during the last year of his career in Royal Navy. (Bio by: Lucy Caldarelli)
Highgate Cemetery (West), Highgate, Greater London, England
Dulcken, Maria Louise b. 1811 d. 1850
Reputed to be the first female to play at the Philharmonic Concerts. Piano teacher of Queen Victoria.
Highgate Cemetery (West), Highgate, Greater London, England
Egan Sr., Pierce b. 1772 d. August 3, 1849
Early Sports Journalist, Author. His most famous works include five volumes of his "Boxiana" series, which described England's boxing scene in the early 1800s, and the novel "Life in London". In recognition of his contribution to the early history of boxing he was elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1991. (Bio by: Nemo)
Highgate Cemetery (West), Highgate, Greater London, England
Faraday, Michael b. September 22, 1791 d. August 19, 1867
British Scientist. A researcher of broad impact and singular accomplishment, Michael Faraday made an indelible impact on several fields of science, including chemistry, physics, and engineering. Child of a poor family, Faraday was apprenticed at age 14 to a London bookbinder. After reading several articles on electricity, performing several rudimentary experiments with electrostatic generators, and compiling a beautiful manuscript of leading scientist Humphrey Davy's lecture notes, Faraday...[Read More] (Bio by: Stuthehistoryguy)
Highgate Cemetery (West), Highgate, Greater London, England
Plot: Western Cemetery
Fellows, Sir Charles b. August, 1799 d. November 8, 1860
Adventurer. Born in Nottinghamshire, England, as a youth he traveled extensively in Britain, and at fourteen drew sketches of a trip to the Newstead Abbey ruins, which eventually appeared in Moore's "Life of Lord Byron." He settled in London in 1820 where he became active in the British Association for the Advancement of Science. In 1827 he made what was only the 13th recorded ascent of Mont Blanc on the French-Italian border. He then traveled in Italy, Greece, and Asia Minor, where in 1838 he...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Highgate Cemetery (West), Highgate, Greater London, England
Freud, Lucian b. December 8, 1922 d. July 20, 2011
Artist. Best known for his impasto portraits and nudes, he was considered by many as one of the greatest figurative painters of his era. The son of Austrian architect Ernest Freud and the grandson of famed psychotherapist Sigmund Freud, he fled his homeland of Germany with his family after the Nazis came into power and settled in England, becoming a British citizen in 1939. He was educated at the Central School of Arts and...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Highgate Cemetery (West), Highgate, Greater London, England
Geary, Stephen b. 1794 d. 1854
Highgate Cemetery Founder.
Highgate Cemetery (West), Highgate, Greater London, England
Gibbons, Stella Dorothea b. 1902 d. 1989
Writer, best known for "Cold Comfort Farm."
Highgate Cemetery (West), Highgate, Greater London, England
Goodall, Frederick b. 1822 d. 1904
Painter.
Highgate Cemetery (West), Highgate, Greater London, England
Gow, Andrew Carrick b. June 15, 1848 d. February 1, 1920
Painter. Best known for historical and military subjects. Born in London, where he studied at art school, he first exhibited at the Royal Academy at the age of 21. One of his pictures was then exhibited at the RA every year until his death. Elected as an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1881, he attained full membership in 1891, and was Keeper of the Royal Academy from 1911, and died there (at Burlington House). Among his more than 26 major works perhaps the best known are "Cromwell at Dunbar"...[Read More] (Bio by: Sheilia W.)
Highgate Cemetery (West), Highgate, Greater London, England
Graves, Henry b. July 17, 1806 d. August 23, 1892
Printer, founded Illustrated London news.
Highgate Cemetery (West), Highgate, Greater London, England
Gray, Henry b. 1826 d. 1861
Scientist. Author of "Anatomy descriptive and surgical" (Gray's Anatomy).
Highgate Cemetery (West), Highgate, Greater London, England
Green, Joseph Henry b. 1791 d. 1863
President of the Royal College of Surgeons. Spent 30 years systemizing Coleridge's philosophy.
Highgate Cemetery (West), Highgate, Greater London, England
Halliburton, William Dobinson b. 1860 d. 1931
Scientist. Helped establish biochemistry as a distinct branch of biology.
Highgate Cemetery (West), Highgate, Greater London, England
Hanson, Reginald b. May 31, 1804 d. April 19, 1905
London Mayor. Sir Reginald served as Lord Mayor of London during Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee year.
Highgate Cemetery (West), Highgate, Greater London, England
Plot: No. 36022
Harben, Philip b. 1906 d. 1970
Television Personality. He was the star of the BBC's frst cooking show.
Highgate Cemetery (West), Highgate, Greater London, England
Hartley, Sir Charles Augustus b. 1825 d. 1915
Chief Engineer working to make the lower portion of the Danube navigable.
Highgate Cemetery (West), Highgate, Greater London, England

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