Find A Grave - Finchley

Nijinsky, Vaslav Fomich [original burial site] b. December 28, 1889 d. April 8, 1950
Legendary Dancer. One of the greatest male dancers of his era. He studied dancing at the St. Petersburg Imperial School of Ballet beginning in 1898 and he made his debut in the Maryinsky Theater in 1907. He traveled with Sergei Diaghilev's ballet company (Ballet Russes) to Paris in 1909 and had great international success until 1913. He married a ballet student (Romola de Pulszky) with the company that same year and Diaghilev dismissed him. Nijinsky rejoined the company in the United States...[Read More] (Bio by: Gary W. Cumbie)
East Finchley Cemetery and Crematorium, Finchley, Greater London, England
O'Ferrall, George More b. July 4, 1907 d. March 19, 1982
George More O'Ferrall was born in London and died in Spain. When B.B.C. television began transmission in 1936, he had the title of "the drama producer". He was, in fact, the first director and producer of television drama anywhere in the world. His first production, in October of that year, was T.S. Eliot's "Murder In The Cathedral", which was followed by some twenty others. After war service, he rejoined the Corporation and, in 1948, produced "Hamlet", with John Gielgud and Muriel Pavlov. In...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)
East Finchley Cemetery and Crematorium, Finchley, Greater London, England
Ramsay, Allan b. October 2, 1713 d. August 10, 1784
Painter. Son and namesake of the poet Allan Ramsay, he entered Edinburgh High School, where he excelled at languages. He was soon recognized as the best portrait painter in Britain. In 1767 he was appointed as Principal Painter to the King, a move that upset his main rivals, Sir Joshua Reynolds and Thomas Gainsborough.
East Finchley Cemetery and Crematorium, Finchley, Greater London, England
Relph, Harry 'Little Tich' b. 1869 d. 1928
Entertainer. International Music-Hall Star. Only 4 ft. high, his stage-name mocked the famous 'Tichbourne claimant' who was extremely large and fat. Titch's most famous routine was a bizarre clog dance with 28" long boots. His act was popular in London, Paris and New York. He started professional life whistling for half-pennies in the street. Note: the spelling on the tablet of his grave is wrong; his stage name was always 'Titch' with two Ts.
East Finchley Cemetery and Crematorium, Finchley, Greater London, England
Richard, Wendy [cremation location] b. July 20, 1943 d. February 26, 2009
Actress. She played the often-troubled Pauline Fowler in the long-running BBC soap opera "EastEnders". Born Wendy Emerton, she was raised in London from an early age. Educated at the Royal Masonic School for Girls in Hertfordshire, she decided on a theatre career by age 14. After training at the Italia Conti Academy in London, she "paid her dues" in a series of small parts. She made her television debut in the 1961 "Stranger on the Shore", and had some cameos on the silver screen, including two...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
East Finchley Cemetery and Crematorium, Finchley, Greater London, England
Rusell, Peter Nicol b. 1816 d. 1905
Engineer who endowed the Peter Nicol Russel School of Engineering at the University of Sydney, New South Wales.
East Finchley Cemetery and Crematorium, Finchley, Greater London, England
Rysbrack, John b. 1694 d. 1770
A native of Belgium, became one of England's leading sculptors during the first half of the 18th century.
East Finchley Cemetery and Crematorium, Finchley, Greater London, England
Stokowski, Leopold b. April 18, 1882 d. September 13, 1977
Orchestra Conductor. He studied in England and at the Paris Conservatory. He was organist and choirmaster at St. Bartholomew's Church, New York City, and was conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony. As conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, he became known for brilliant interpretation and performance; he introduced unknown contemporary works and, with his own controversial transcriptions, popularized much of Bach's music. Stokowski continued to conduct for part of each season until 1941. In 1940...[Read More]
East Finchley Cemetery and Crematorium, Finchley, Greater London, England
Storace, Stephen b. April 4, 1762 d. March 19, 1796
Composer. Once celebrated for his English comic operas, he is all but forgotten today. Storace was born in London. His father, an Italian contrabass player, taught him the violin before sending him to study music at the Conservatorio di Sant Onofrio in Naples. From 1785 to 1787 he lived in Vienna, where he met Mozart and had his first two operas successfully performed. The second, "Gli Equivoci" (1786), was based on Shakespeare's "Comedy of Errors" and boasted a book by Mozart's great...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
East Finchley Cemetery and Crematorium, Finchley, Greater London, England
Stubbs, George b. August 25, 1724 d. July 10, 1806
Animal painter & anatomist, most famous is "Phaeton & Pair." Also published "Anatomy of the Horse" in 1766 which still commands great respect.
East Finchley Cemetery and Crematorium, Finchley, Greater London, England
Thornton, C. I. b. 1850 d. 1928
British cricketer, contemporary of W. G. Grace, who holds the record for the longest verified hit (168 yards, Hove, 1876).
East Finchley Cemetery and Crematorium, Finchley, Greater London, England
Walters, George b. September 15, 1829 d. June 3, 1872
Crimean War Victoria Cross Recipient. He was born in Newport Pagnell, in Buckinghamshire. He received his award in recognition of his bravery on November 5, 1854 at the Battle of Inkerman in the Crimean War, when he rescued a Brigadier General who was surrounded by the enemy, one of whom was bayonetted by the Sergeant. George Walters was one of the 62 veterans of the Crimea who were present on June 26, 1857 in Hyde Park at the first investiture of the Victoria Cross, when they received their...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)
East Finchley Cemetery and Crematorium, Finchley, Greater London, England
Wanley, Humphrey b. 1672 d. 1726
Librarian, palaeographer, antiquary.
East Finchley Cemetery and Crematorium, Finchley, Greater London, England
Wesley, Samuel b. February 24, 1766 d. October 11, 1837
Musical composer and organist. Son of Charles Wesley.
East Finchley Cemetery and Crematorium, Finchley, Greater London, England
Wheatley, Francis b. 1747 d. June 28, 1801
Painter. Born in Covent Garden, London, he studied at Shipley's Drawing School and at the Royal Academy. He eloped to Ireland with the wife of the painter Gresse, and while in Dublin painted portraits as well as executing an interior of the Irish House of Commons. He is well-known today for "The London Cries", a series of London street scenes. (Bio by: julia&keld)
East Finchley Cemetery and Crematorium, Finchley, Greater London, England
Williams, Kenneth b. February 22, 1926 d. April 15, 1988
Kenneth Williams is a British comic legend, his most famous roles being in the Carry On series of films, of which he starred in 22 of them. He also provided voices in "Beyond Our Ken," "Round the Horne," and "Willow the Wisp." (Bio by: Kieran Smith)
Cause of death: Overdose
East Finchley Cemetery and Crematorium, Finchley, Greater London, England

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