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• Adams, John Couch    b. June 5, 1819  d. January 21, 1892
  Astronomer. He deduced the existence of the planet Neptune in 1845. Although his calculations were given to the Astronomer Royal, the latter did nothing about them, so a German observer was the first to actually spot the planet in 1846. He refused a knighthood in 1847. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Ascension Parish Burial Ground, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
   
• Addenbrooke, John   b. 1680  d. June 6, 1719
  Medical Pioneer. He founder of the famous Cambridge, England hospital that still bears his name.
  St Catherines College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
   
• Anderson, Sir. Hugh Kerr [memorial]   b. July 6, 1865  d. November 2, 1928
  Scientist, Educator. A prominent physiologist, he served as Master of Gonville and Caius College in Cambridge, and was the Chairman of the Cambridge University Press in 1918. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
  Plot: Chapel
   
• Anderson, Sir. Hugh Kerr    b. July 6, 1865  d. November 2, 1928
  Scientist, Educator. A prominent physiologist, he served as Master of Gonville and Caius College in Cambridge, and was the Chairman of the Cambridge University Press in 1918. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Ascension Parish Burial Ground, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
   
• Appleton, Richard   b. February 17, 1849  d. March 1, 1909
  Educator. Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Ascension Parish Burial Ground, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
   
• Ashton, Hugh [memorial]   d. November 23, 1522
  Religous Leader. Archdeacon of York who was a protegee of Margaret Beaumont and like her a supporter of St. John's College. This memorial was built for a chapel he endowed at the College; he is actually buried at York Minster. (Bio by: David Conway)
  St Johns College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
  Plot: Chapel
   
• Bacon, Francis [memorial]    b. January 22, 1561  d. April 4, 1626
  Phliosopher, essayist and politician. Lord Chancellor of England. Alleged unwarrantably by some to have been the writer of Shakespeare's plays. Notable works include 'On the Advancement of Learning' , an early attempt at an encyclopaedia. Died after catching bronchitis when stuffing a chicken with snow to see whether it would be preserved, thus anticipating frozen food. The Latin inscription on the statue base begins (in translation): "Francis Bacon, first Baron Verulam and Viscount St. Albans...[Read More] (Bio by: David Conway)
  Trinity College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
  Plot: Chapel (he is buried at the Church of St. Michael, St. Albans, UK)
   
• Baines, Sir Thomas    b. 1622  d. September 5, 1680
  Medical doctor, also Professor of Music. Companion of Sir John Finch, ambassador to Constantinople, where he died. Buried with Finch in an elaborate monument. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Christ's College Chapel, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
  Plot: Chapel
   
• Barrow, Isaac [memorial]    b. 1630  d. April 4, 1677
  Mathematician, Master of Trinity College and founder of its library. Buried in Westminster Abbey. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Trinity College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
  Plot: Chapel
   
• Beaumont, Joseph   b. March 13, 1616  d. November 23, 1699
  Poet, Chaplain to King Charles II, and Master of Peterhouse College, Cambridge. A Royalist and High-Church Anglican, Beaumont was among the group of scholars ejected from their positions at Cambridge in 1644 for refusing to accept the "Solemn League and Covenant" demanded by Parliament. Returning to his native village of Hadleigh, he composed Psyche, or Love's Mystery, an allegorical epic that is thought to be the longest poem in the English language. In addition to Psyche, Beaumont wrote a...[Read More] (Bio by: NM)
  Cause of death: Gout
  Peterhouse College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
   
• Beaumont, William John   d. August 6, 1868
  Senior Fellow of Trinity College and Vicar of the Church of St. Michael. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Trinity College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
  Plot: Chapel
   
• Benians, Ernest Alfred [memorial]   b. 1880  d. 1952
  Historian, Master of St. John's College, 1933-1952 (Bio by: David Conway)
  St Johns College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
  Plot: Chapel
   
• Benson, Arthur Christopher    b. April 24, 1862  d. June 17, 1925
  Educator, Author. Master of Magdalene College Cambridge and writer (including the words 'Land of Hope and Glory' to Elgar's first 'Pomp and Circumstance' march). (Bio by: David Conway)
  Cause of death: Heart failure following pleurisy
  Ascension Parish Burial Ground, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
   
• Benson, Edward White [memorial]    b. July 14, 1829  d. October 9, 1896
  Archbishop of Canterbury. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Cause of death: Heart attack
  Trinity College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
  Plot: Chapel
   
• Besicovitch, Abram Samuilovitch [memorial]    b. January 28, 1901  d. November 2, 1970
  Mathematician, of Karaite descent, who carried out research in pure mathematics. The inscription refers to 'his life-long idisyncrasies of speech' ; this is a reference to the Russian accent and usages which he never lost despite his many years in Britain after fleeing Russia. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Trinity College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
  Plot: Chapel
   
• Blomfield, Charles Valentine   b. 1788  d. October 2, 1816
  Classical scholar and author (Bio by: David Conway)
  Cause of death: 'fever'
  Emmanuel College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
   
• Blore, Edward William   b. January 24, 1827  d. June 24, 1885
  Vice Master of Trinity College, 1880-1885 (Bio by: David Conway)
  Trinity College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
  Plot: Chapel
   
• Bondi, Hermann    b. 1920  d. September 10, 2005
  Scientist. He graduated from Trinity College at Cambridge. He lectured in mathematics at Cambridge University before becoming a mathematics professor at King's College in London, England from 1954 to 1971. He was appointd Director General of the European Space Research in 1967 which tried to link the space programs in Western European countries to compete with the U.S. and Soviet Union. He was master of Churchill College at Cambridge from 1983 to 1990. He was knighted Queen Elizabeth II in 1973...[Read More] (Bio by: Genet)
  Cambridge City Cemetery, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
   
• Bragg, Sir William Lawrence [memorial]    b. March 31, 1890  d. July 1, 1971
  Physicist, Fellow of Trinity College. Son of Sir William Bragg, and awarded jointly with him a Nobel Prize for their work on crystallography in 1915. He remains the youngest person ever to have won the Nobel. According to the inscription 'he captivated the minds of his audiences with a style of lecturing at once lucid and elegant'. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Trinity College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
  Plot: Chapel
   
• Burnaby, John [memorial]   b. 1892  d. 1978
  Dean of Tinity College, Regius Professor of Divinity (Bio by: David Conway)
  Trinity College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
  Plot: Chapel
   

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