Find A Grave - Geneve

Allen, Robert b. March 15, 1811 d. August 5, 1886
Civil War Union Brevet Major General. He began his military career graduating from the US Military Academy at West Point, as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1836. After his service in the Seminole War, he served as assistant quartermaster during the Mexican War and for gallant conduct at the Battle of Cerro Gordo, he was promoted Major. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he was made Chief Quartermaster of the Department of Missouri, with headquarters at St. Louis, where he had charge of supplies and...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Chene-Bourgeries Cemetery, Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
Ansermet, Ernest b. November 11, 1883 d. February 20, 1969
Conductor. Founder of the famed L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, which he led for nearly 50 years. He was particularly noted for his interpretations of French and Russian music. Ansermet was born in Vevey, Switzerland. He studied mathematics in Lausanne and at the Sorbonne, and music at the Paris Conservatory, before making his conducting debut in Montreux in 1912. As principal conductor of Diaghilev's Ballet Russes from 1915 to 1923, he guided the first performances of key works by Igor...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cimetiere des Rois, Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
Plot: Section D, Grave 390
Borges, Jorge Luis b. August 24, 1899 d. June 14, 1986
Famed Argentinian fantasy writer.
Cause of death: Liver cancer
Cimetiere des Rois, Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
Burton, Richard b. November 10, 1925 d. August 5, 1984
Actor. He is best remembered for his roles in such movies as "Cleopatra" (1963), "Where Eagles Dare" (1971), "Raid on Rommel" (1973), as the voice of Sir Winston Churchill in the television series, "The Valiant Years," and for being married to Actress Elizabeth Taylor twice. Born in Pontrhydyfen, Wales, as Richard Walter Jenkins, Jr, he would take his stage name from his former schoolteacher, Philip Burton, and grew up speaking Cymraeg (Welsh) as well as English. The twelfth of thirteen...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Vieux Cemetery, Celigny, Geneve, Switzerland
Calvin, John b. July 10, 1509 d. May 27, 1564
Religious Figure. A very influential Protestant theologian whose religion (Calvinism) has touched all of the Western world.
Cimetiere des Rois, Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
Davy, Sr. Humprey b. September 17, 1779 d. May 29, 1829
British Chemist, Scientist. He discovered the anesthetic effects of laughing gas (nitrous oxide), and his work helped to improve several industries including agriculture and mining. Davy was knighted by King George III in 1812.

Plain Palais Cemetery, Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
De Mello, Sergio Vieira b. March 15, 1948 d. August 19, 2003
United Nations Diplomat to Iraq. Terrorist victim, among 17 people who died in the August 19, 2003 bombing of the UN organization's headquarters in Iraq. An experienced diplomat, Vieira de Mello, who also was U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva, had extensive experience in humanitarian and peacekeeping operations in countries such as Bangladesh, Sudan, Cyprus, Mozambique, Peru and Lebanon. Appointed as special representative in Iraq, Vieira de Mello vowed to "help the people of...[Read More]
Cimetiere des Rois, Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
Ginastera, Alberto b. April 11, 1916 d. February 20, 1983
Composer. Regarded as one of the foremost South American musicians of the 20th Century. Much of his work is based on Argentine folk music, channelled through a modernist style. Alberto Evaristo Ginastera was born in Buenos Aires, of Spanish-Italian ancestry. He attended Argentina's National Conservatory from 1936 to 1938 and became professor of composition there in 1941. During an extended stay in the United States on a Guggenheim fellowship (1945 to 1947), he studied with Aaron Copland and...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cimetiere des Rois, Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
Plot: Section D, Grave 398
Herrera Petere, José b. October 27, 1909 d. February 6, 1977
Writer, Journalist, Playwright. He was born in Guadalajara (Spain) and died in Geneva (Switzerland). He began his career as surrealist poet in the magazine La Gaceta Literaria. In 1931, he founded along with Manuel Díaz Caneja, the magazine En España, Ya Está Todo Preparado Para que se Enamoren los Sacerdotes. During Spanish Civil War, he was loyal to Republican Government and published some poems and playwrigths, later published under the name Romancero General de la Guerra Civil and Teatro...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Cimetière du Petit-Saconnex, Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
Kreutzer, Rudolphe [cenotaph] b. November 16, 1766 d. January 6, 1831
Violinist, Composer, Teacher. A founder of the French school of violin playing and one of the outstanding virtuosos of his day. Beethoven's popular Violin Sonata Op. 47, better known as the "Kreutzer Sonata", was dedicated to him. Kreutzer was born in Versailles, France. He studied music with his father, a fiddler in the royal orchestra, and with Anton Stamitz before making his performing debut at age 12. Marie Antoinette sponsored his early career and he would later enjoy the patronage of...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cimetiere des Rois, Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
Plot: Section 7, Wall of Memories
MacLean, Alistair Stuart b. April 21, 1922 d. February 2, 1987
Author. Born in Scotland, he spent his childhood in the Scottish Highlands until his father died when he was 14. During World War Two he was captured by the Japanese and tortured. Following the war he was educated at Glasgow University. He was a teacher until 1955 when he became a fulltime writer.Maclean published his first book, "HMS Ulysses," when he was 33. The book became a bestseller. He is well known for his book "Guns of Navarone" which was made into a film. His many other books...[Read More] (Bio by: Mike Guy)
Vieux Cemetery, Celigny, Geneve, Switzerland
Martin, Frank b. September 15, 1890 d. November 21, 1974
Composer. Considered one of the outstanding Swiss composers of the 20th Century. His finest music, which assimilated serialist techniques into an essentially tonal language, was created during and after World War II. The son of a Calvinist minister, Martin was born in Geneva and privately studied piano and composition while taking science courses at the university there. Ernest Ansermet conducted the premiere of his first major piece, "Les Dithyrambes" (1918) for chorus and orchestra...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cimetiere des Rois, Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
Plot: Section C, Grave 258
Piaget, Jean b. August 9, 1896 d. September 16, 1980
Noted Swiss Child Psychologist. Piaget was born on August 9, 1896, Neuchatel, Switzerland. Known as one of the first leading major figures of 20th Century developmental psychology, Piaget served in many posts including, Research Director at the Institute Jean-Jacques Rousseau, in Geneva, Switzerland, from 1921 to 1925, and 1925 to 1929, Professor of Psychology, Sociology and the Philosophy of Science, at the University of Neuchatel from 1929 to 1939, Professor of the History of Scientific...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Cimetiere des Rois, Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
Simon, Michel b. April 9, 1895 d. May 30, 1975
Actor. One of the most renowned of all French character stars. Born in Geneva, Switzeland, Simon began his performing career as a magician, clown and acrobat's stooge in a dancers' show. He then decided to become an actor and joined Sascha Pitoëff's company. When actor Louis Jouvet replaced Pitoëff, Simon was given more prominent roles in plays by Shakespeare, Bernard Shaw and Oscar Wilde. In the mid-1920s he entered the cinema, where he gained his greatest popularity. In his long career...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Cimetière de Grand-Lancy, Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
Plot: Grave 3019/E
Soutter, Michel b. June 2, 1932 d. September 10, 1991
Motion Picture Director, Screenwriter. He was the leader of the "Group of 5", a quintet of young directors who sought to revitalize Swiss Cinema in the late 1960s. His best films were probing, low-key character studies, tinged with irony. Soutter's "Les Arpenteurs" (1972) was nominated for the Golden Palm at Cannes, and "L'Amour des Femmes" (1982) scored a Golden Bear nomination at the Berlin Film Festival. Among his other credits are "Hashish" (1968), "La Pomme" (1969), "L'Escapade" (...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cimetiere des Rois, Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
Plot: Section F, Grave 601

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