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Woolf (Stephen), Virginia (Adeline Virginia) b. January 25, 1882 d. March 28, 1941
The daughter of Julia and Leslie Stephen, Adeline Virginia married Leonard Woolf in 1912. A prolific writer who has had a great influence on 20th century English literature, Woolf wrote novels, essays, short stories and literary criticism. Several volumes of her letters and journals have been published as well. Among her best known works are the novels To the Lighthouse, Mrs. Dalloway, Orlando and The Waves and the essay, A Room of One's Own. Virginia was central to the Bloomsbury Group...[Read More]
Cause of death: Suicide
Non-Cemetery Burial, Ashes buried beneath an elm tree in the garden of Monk's House, Rodmell, Sussex, England
Burns, Robert b. January 25, 1759 d. July 21, 1796
Poet. Born the eldest of seven children at Alloway, near Ayr, the son of William Burnes, a small farmer and gardener for the Provost of Ayr. Burns was educated briefly at John Murdoch's school in Alloway but received most of his schooling at home. His first love, Nelly Kirkpatrick inspired him to try his hand at poetry, and he wrote a song entitled "O, once I lov'd a bonnie lass", and set it to the tune of a traditional reel. In 1783 he started composing poetry in a traditional style using the...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
St Michael's Cemetery, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Mason, Shirley Ardell b. January 25, 1923 d. February 26, 1998
Folk Figure. Her true identity largely unknown in life, after her death it was determined that Shirley Mason was the real name of 'Sybil Isabel Dorsett', who had sixteen separate personalities. The story of Sybil's life and treatment was published in a book and made into a movie in the 1970's. She remains one of the most famous multiple personalities, and has been called "the most famous psychiatric patient in history."
Cause of death: Breast cancer
Cremated, Ashes given to family or friend
Gile, George W. b. January 25, 1830 d. February 26, 1896
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Commissioned in the Civil War as a 1st Lieutenant in the 22nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He was then commissioned in the 88th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, eventually becoming its Colonel and commander. He was severely wounded in the leg during the Battle of Antietam. Upon partial recovery of his injury he was commissioned into the Veterans Reserve Corps as Colonel and commander of the 9th VRC. He was stationed in the defenses of Washington...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Mount Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Plot: Section 203, Lot 37 [unmarked]
Spalding, George R. b. January 25, 1877 d. June 28, 1962
United States Army Brigadier General. He graduated from West Point in 1901 and was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Army Corps of Engineers. By 1915, he was a Major serving as a reconnaissance and training officer in Washington D.C. In 1917, he was promoted Lieutenant Colonel Divisional Engineer Officer in charge of defense and offensive training on the staff of General Pershing. On General Pershing’s staff in Europe during WW I, he organized Engineer Corps administration, was promoted...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA
Plot: Section 1 Site 949-B
James, Etta b. January 25, 1938 d. January 20, 2012
Singer. She was born Jamesetta Hawkins. Winner of six Grammy awards and the Grammy Lifetime achievement award. She has two songs in the Grammy Hall of Fame, "At Last" and "The Wall Flower." In addition she was voted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Other awards include: Rockabilly Hall of Fame, R&B Founders Award, NAACP Image Award in 1990. She died from complications of Leukemia. (Bio by: Mary and Kent Moran)
Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Garden of Chimes Mausoleum, Building D, #32-C
Furtwängler, Wilhelm b. January 25, 1886 d. November 30, 1954
German conductor. Son of a eminent archaeologist, he studied piano and composition at the Conservatory of Munich of Bavaria. His first attempts of composing music were not well received by the German public, and thus he decided to devote his studies only to orchestral conducting. During his long career Furtwangler has conducted the Philharmonic Orchestra of Munich of Bavaria, he held important roles in Lubeck, Mannheim, Frankfurt, Vienna and Leipzig, he was Director of the Salzburg Mozart...[Read More] (Bio by: Lucy Caldarelli)
Bergfriedhof Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Lutoslawski, Witold b. January 25, 1913 d. February 7, 1994
Musician. He is considered one of Poland's three greatest composers, along with Frederic Chopin and Karol Szymanowski. A native of Warsaw, he studied at the conservatory there from 1932 to 1937, but political events would stymie his international career for more than two decades. He joined the Army at the start of World War II, and during the Nazi occupation he barely supported himself playing the piano in cafes. Most of what he wrote before 1945 was left unpublished. He then had to contend...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Powazki Cemetery, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
Finlay, Corp. David b. January 25, 1893 d. January 21, 1916
World War I Victoria Cross Recipient.
Body lost or destroyed, Name listed on the Basra Memorial to the Missing, Panel 25 and 63.
Fisher, John Arbuthnot b. January 25, 1841 d. July 10, 1920
British Royal Navy Admiral. Born in Ceylon, Sri Lanka, he began his Naval career on the HMS Calcutta in 1854 and was a Midshipman on the HMS Highflyer during the 2nd Opium War (1856-60). Appointed Gunnery Lieutenant in 1863, he was promoted Commander on the HMS Donegal in 1869 and served in the Crimean War. In 1877, he was promoted Captain, commanding various ships in combat in the Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea and the Baltic Sea until 1889. He was promoted Rear Admiral in 1890 and was Admiral...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
St Andrew Churchyard, Kilverstone, Norfolk, England
Aquino, Corazon C. b. January 25, 1933 d. August 1, 2009
President of the Republic of the Philippines (1986 to 1992). She was the first woman President of the Philippines and the first woman to hold the office of President of any country in Asia. Born Maria Corazon Cojuangco, the sixth of eight children of a wealthy family living in Tarlac, Philippines, her father was Jose Cojuangco and her mother was Demetria Sumulong. She attended grade school at St. Scholastica's College Manila, and was class valedictorian in 1943. In 1946, she studied high...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Manila Memorial Park, Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital, Philippines
Maugham, W. (William) Somerset b. January 25, 1874 d. December 16, 1965
British Playwright, Novelist, and Short Story Writer. He is best remembered for his novels "Of Human Bondage" and "The Razor's Edge." He was born William Somerset Maugham at the British Embassy in Paris, France, where his father was a lawyer who handled England's legal affairs in Paris. By the age of ten his parents had died, his mother from tuberculosis and his father from cancer. He then went to live with his uncle, Henry MacDonald Maugham, who was the Vicar of Whitstable in Kent, England...[Read More] (Bio by: William Bjornstad)
Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England
Plot: Cremated, Ashes buried beneath a rose bush near the Maugham Library, Canterbury Cathedral
Collins, Charles Allston b. January 25, 1828 d. April 9, 1873
Arist, Author. Born in Hampstead, North London, he was the second son of William Collins, R.A., who is buried in St, Mary's Church in Paddington Green. Like his elder brother, the author William Wilkie Collins, Charles was named after a painter, Washington Allston of Massachussetts. He studied at the Royal Academy Schools and, in 1847, exhibited two portraits at the Royal Academy. Collins was proposed for membership of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood by Millais, and was supported by Holman Hunt...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)
Brompton Cemetery, West Brompton, Greater London, England
Plot: Section E
Prefontaine, Steve R. 'Pre' b. January 25, 1951 d. May 30, 1975
Champion runner, subject of movies, "Without LImits" and "Prefontaine."
Cause of death: Car accident
Sunset Memorial Park, Coos Bay, Coos County, Oregon, USA
Jobim, Antonio Carlos b. January 25, 1927 d. December 8, 1994
Musician, Composer. Born in the Tijuca neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Jobim originally was headed for a career as an architect. Yet by the time he turned 20, the lure of music was too powerful, and so he started playing piano in nightclubs and working in recording studios. He made his first record in 1954 backing singer Bill Farr as the leader of "Tom and His Band" (Tom was Jobim's lifelong nickname), and he first found fame in 1956 when he teamed up with poet Vincius de Moraes to provide part...[Read More] (Bio by: Rico)
Cause of death: Complications following surgery
Cemitério São João Batista, Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Lagrange (Lagrangia), Joseph-Louis (Giuseppe Lodovico) b. January 25, 1736 d. April 10, 1813
Mathmatician, Astronomer. Entered Pantheon in 1813. (Bio by: David Conway)
The Pantheon, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Cell 2
Drummond, Geoffrey Heneage b. January 25, 1886 d. April 2, 1941
British Victoria Cross War Medal Recipient. Drummond served as a Lieutenant-Commander in the Royal Naval Volunteers Reserve. He was awarded his medal for service at Belgium on May 9-10, 1918. (Bio by: K)
St Peter Churchyard, Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire, England
Tupper, Stanley Roger b. January 25, 1921 d. January 6, 2006
US Congressman. A native of Maine, he served in the United States Navy during World War II. Elected to represent Maine's 1st and 2nd Districts in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1961 to 1967. He also served as a Member of the Maine State Legislature in 1952, 1953, and 1954. (Bio by: K)
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Harwell, Ernie b. January 25, 1918 d. May 4, 2010
Hall of Fame Sports Broadcaster. Legendary voice of the Detroit Tigers, from 1960 to 1991, and 1993 to 2002. Born William Ernest Harwell, he was raised in Atlanta and attended Emory University, before beginning his broadcasting career as a sports commentator at WSB Radio in Atlanta during 1940. Following service in the United States Marine Corps during World War II, he began announcing Major League games with the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1948 to 1949. Among his other broadcasting assignments were...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Oakwood Cemetery, Farmington, Oakland County, Michigan, USA
Coghill, Nevill Josiah Aylmer b. January 25, 1852 d. January 22, 1879
British Officer, Zulu War, Victoria Cross Awardee. Lt. Coghill was serving as Aide-de-Camp to Col. Glyn of the 24th Regiment of Foot (2nd Warwickshire Regiment / South Wales Borderers) during the Zulu War of 1879 in South Africa. During the battle of Isandhlwana, January 22, 1879, when the British force was about to be overrun, Lt. Coghill, having a knee injury and unable to walk, cut his way out on horseback. He reached the Buffalo River, where he found Lt. Melvill in the water, attempting the...[Read More]
Cause of death: Killed in action
Hillside overlooking the Buffalo River, Fugitives Drift, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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