Notable burials · Science and work
Scientists buried in Pennsylvania
Wikidata records 118 scientists as buried in 52 of the cemeteries we list in Pennsylvania. Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia holds the most, with 26. Pennsylvania has the 4th highest count of any state, out of 1,905 nationally.
People recorded as scientists, including chemists, physicists, mathematicians, biologists and astronomers.
118
scientists
52
cemeteries
3%
of notable burials in Pennsylvania
1930s
the decade with the most deaths (13)
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In order of death
Scientists buried in Pennsylvania
- David Rittenhouse1732-1796American astronomer (*1732, †1796)Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Joseph Priestley1733-1804English chemist, theologian, educator, and political theoristRiverview Cemetery, Northumberland, PA
- George William Wolf1737-1808English-German merchantChrist Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, PA
- Benjamin Rush1746-1813American physician, educator, and authorChrist Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, PA
- Robert Patterson1743-1824American academicLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- John Harrison1773-1833American industrial chemistLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler1770-1843Swiss-American mathematician and surveyorLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Robert Eglesfeld Griffith1798-1850American physician, botanist, and educatorThe Woodlands, Philadelphia, PA
- Samuel George Morton1799-1851American physician and naturalistLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- William P. C. Barton1786-1856American surgeon and scientistLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- William Darlington1782-1863American physician, botanist, and politicianThe Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, PA
- Franklin Bache1792-1864American physicianLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- John Redman Coxe1773-1864American botanist and physicianThe Woodlands, Philadelphia, PA
- Evan Pugh1828-1864First president of Penn State UniversityUnion Cemetery, Bellefonte, PA
- Hannah Webster Baldwin1784-1866American botanist and entomologistThe Woodlands, Philadelphia, PA
- John Cassin1813-1869U.S. ornithologistLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Calvin Kingsley1812-1870American bishopUniondale Cemetery 1, Pittsburgh, PA
- John Fries Frazer1812-1872American geologistLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Evan William Evans1827-1874Welsh-American mathematicianNeath Cemetery, Towanda, PA
- Constantine Hering1800-1880Homeopathic physician and naturalistWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- David Alter1807-1881American inventor and scientistFreeport Cemetery, Freeport, PA
- John Jay Smith1798-1881Librarian of the Philadelphia and Loganian librariesWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Robert Bridges1806-1882American physician, pharmacist and botanistThe Woodlands, Philadelphia, PA
- Robert Empie Rogers1813-1884American chemistLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Jonathan Roberts Lowrie1823-1885Lawyer, botanist and botanical collectorBurket Cemetery, Tyrone, PA
- William Wagner1796-1885American philanthropistWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Isaac Lea1792-1886American geologist and Philadelphia publisher (Carey & Lea)Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden1829-1887U.S geologist and surgeonThe Woodlands, Philadelphia, PA
- Miers Fisher Longstreth1819-1891American astronomerLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Joseph Leidy1823-1891American anatomist and paleontologistWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Frederick Augustus Genth1820-1893United States chemist and mineralogistMount Vernon Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Isaac Comly Martindale1842-1893BotanistWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Charles M. Cresson1828-1893American chemist and photographerThe Woodlands, Philadelphia, PA
- Jeremiah Bernard Brinton1835-1894American physician and botanistLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Washington Townsend1813-1894American politicianThe Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, PA
- Mathew Carey Lea1823-1897American chemistLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Ezra Otis Kendall1818-1899American astronomer and mathematicianSaint Luke's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Wyndmoor, PA
- Rachel Lloyd1839-1900American chemistLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Helen Abbott Michael1857-1904American chemistLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Benjamin Matlack Everhart1818-1904American mycologistThe Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, PA
- Thomas Messinger Drown1842-1904American university president, analytical chemist, metallurgistThe Woodlands, Philadelphia, PA
- William W. Jefferis1820-1906American mineralogist, museum curator, and bankerThe Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, PA
- Catharine Maria Cunningham1840-1907American botanist and collectorBlairsville Cemetery, Blairsville, PA
- Amelia Flanery Eby1831-1908American botanistLancaster Cemetery, Lancaster, PA
- Joseph Wharton1826-1909American industrialistLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Persifor Frazer1844-1909Geologist and chemistLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Charles Benjamin Dudley1842-1909American chemistWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Henry Christopher McCook1837-1911Union Army chaplainThe Woodlands, Philadelphia, PA
- Graceanna Lewis1821-1912American ornithologist, naturalist, illustrator and abolitionistProvidence Friends Cemetery, Media, PA
- Edward Brooks1831-1912American educator 1831-1912West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- George Augustus König1844-1913German-American chemist, mining engineer, geologist, metallurgist and mineralogistWestminister Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Charles Sanders Peirce1839-1914American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientistMilford Cemetery, Gold Key Lake, PA
- Amos P. Brown1864-1917American geologist and botanical collectorSaint Luke's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Wyndmoor, PA
- Charles Francis Himes1838-1918American educator and photographerAshland Cemetery, Carlisle, PA
- Jesse Cope Green1817-1920American dentist and scientistThe Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, PA
- Horatio Curtis Wood Jr.1841-1920American physician and naturalistThe Woodlands, Philadelphia, PA
- Henry Prentiss Armsby1853-1921Agricultural and veterinary scientistPine Hall Cemetery, State College, PA
- Adolph W. Miller1841-1923German-American physician, pharmacist and botanistMount Moriah Cemetery, Yeadon, PA
- William Curtis Farabee1865-1925American scientistWashington Cemetery, Washington, PA
- Harriet Randolph1856-1926American botanistFriends Southwestern Burial Ground, Millbourne, PA
- Arnold Edward Ortmann1863-1927Prussian-born United States naturalist and zoologistHomewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
- Abraham Reincke Beck1833-1928American educator and archivist for the Moravian ChurchMoravian Cemetery, Lititz, PA
- William Falconer1850-1928BotanistAllegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
- John William Harshberger1869-1929American botanistWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- John Thompson Dorrance1873-1930American chemist and businessmanWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- R. A. F. Penrose Jr.1863-1931American mining geologist and entrepreneurLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Solomon D. Benoliel1873-1932American electro-chemistMount Sinai Cemetery, Cheltenham, PA
- Andrew Alexander Blair1848-1932Chief Chemist, U.S. Geological SurveyLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- John Wiegand Eckfeldt1851-1933American physician, botanist and photographerArlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill, PA
- Juliette Peircedied 1934Second wife of Charles Sanders PeirceMilford Cemetery, Gold Key Lake, PA
- Isaac Joachim Schwatt1867-1934Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania 1893Arlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill, PA
- William Duane1872-1935American physicistLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Sara Gwendolen Foulke1863-1936American zoologist, marine biologist, scientific illustrator and poetLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Emilie Martin1869-1936American mathematicianNorthwood Cemetery, Elkins Park, PA
- Frank Morley1860-1937British mathematicianHaverford New Meeting Cemetery, Ardmore, PA
- Charles Edward Munroe1849-1938American chemistWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Witmer Stone1866-1939American ornithologistLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Lucy Cooper Gendell1874-1944American botanist and teacherWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Mira Lloyd Dock1853-1945American botanistHarrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, PA
- Gifford Pinchot1865-1946American forester and politicianMilford Cemetery, Gold Key Lake, PA
- Emily Ray Gregory1863-1946American zoologistLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Ulric Dahlgren1870-1946US biologistLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Nadiashda Galli-Shohat1879-1948Russian physicistArlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill, PA
- Stanley Eugene Brasefield1873-1949Ph.D. Cornell University 1912Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkhannock, PA
- Mary Bidwell Breed1870-1949American chemistHomewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
- Isabel Maddison1869-1950British mathematicianWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Harvey Bassler1883-1950United States geologist and botanical, zoological and fossil collectorMount Hope Cemetery, Myerstown, PA
- Mary Engle Pennington1872-1952American bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineerLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Walter Conrad Arensberg1878-1954American art collector, critic and poetAllegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
- Lulu Florence Allabach1869-1956American teacher and botanical collectorHighland Cemetery, Lock Haven, PA
- Henry C. P. Weber1878-1958American chemistWoodlawn Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA
- Louise Forney Arnold Tanger1889-1959American botanist and botanical collectorWoodward Hill Cemetery, Lancaster, PA
- James Bert Garner1870-1960American chemical engineerHomewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
- John D. Williams1909-1964American mathematicianHickory Grove Cemetery, Clarks Green, PA
- Chester G. Fisher1881-1965American engineer, company founder and athleteHomewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
- Amelia Smith Calvert1876-1965American botanistThe Woodlands, Philadelphia, PA
- Perry Aquila Caris1890-1966Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania 1925Arlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill, PA
- Harold Sellers Colton1881-1970American biologist and archaeologistWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Harry Gold1910-1972American chemistHar NEBO Cemetery, Cheltenham, PA
- Ralph Fox1913-1973American mathematicianBuckingham Friends Cemetery, Doylestown, PA
- Harold W. Pretz1877-1973American banker, botanist and botanical collectorFairview Cemetery, Allentown, PA
- Carl Benjamin Boyer1906-1976American mathematician and historianSpringtown Cemetery, Hellertown, PA
- Zeev Nehari1915-1978Israeli mathematicianTree of Life Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA
- Jacob Freedman1911-1979Temple Beth El Cemetery, Lititz, PA
- John Mauchly1907-1980American physicistRose Hill Cemetery, Ambler, PA
- Henry William Popp1892-1989BotanistPine Hall Cemetery, State College, PA
- William Wiswesser1914-1989American chemistBirmingham Lafayette Cemetery, West Chester, PA
- Truman L. Koehler1902-1989Academic, mathematician, college faculty, professor of mathematicsGrandview Cemetery, Allentown, PA
- Maximilian George Duman1906-1990American botanistSaint Vincent Cemetery, Lawson Heights, PA
- Albert Ingram Lansing1915-2002American biologistIndiantown Gap National Cemetery, Jonestown, PA
- George Wetherill1925-2006American physicistWestminister Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Alan MacDiarmid1927-2007New Zealand chemistArlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill, PA
- Chuan-Chih Hsiung1915-2009American mathematicianMemorial Park Cemetery, Bethlehem, PA
- Daniel S. Koltun1933-2014PhysicistWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Irving Wender1915-2016American chemical engineering professorWest View Cemetery, West View, PA
- Juan Jorge Schäffer1930-2017Uruguayan-American mathematicianHomewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
- John R. Feick1935-2019American biologistForest Hills Cemetery, Feasterville, PA
- Joseph D. Sneed1938-2020American philosopherDeep Run Mennonite Church East Cemetery, Bedminster, PA
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1790s1
- 1800s2
- 1810s1
- 1820s1
- 1830s1
- 1840s1
- 1850s3
- 1860s6
- 1870s3
- 1880s9
- 1890s9
- 1900s10
- 1910s7
- 1920s10
- 1930s13
- 1940s8
- 1950s7
- 1960s5
- 1970s7
- 1980s4
- 1990s1
- 2000s4
- 2010s4
- 2020s1
By recorded year of death, for the 118 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Laurel Hill Cemetery · Philadelphia, PA26
- West Laurel Hill Cemetery · Bala Cynwyd, PA14
- The Woodlands · Philadelphia, PA10
- Arlington Cemetery · Drexel Hill, PA5
- The Oaklands Cemetery · West Chester, PA5
- Homewood Cemetery · Wilkinsburg, PA5
- Milford Cemetery · Gold Key Lake, PA3
- Westminister Cemetery · Bala Cynwyd, PA2
- Christ Church Burial Ground · Philadelphia, PA2
- Saint Luke's Episcopal Church Cemetery · Wyndmoor, PA2
- Allegheny Cemetery · Bloomfield, PA2
- Pine Hall Cemetery · State College, PA2
- Washington Cemetery · Washington, PA1
- Tree of Life Cemetery · Pittsburgh, PA1
- Woodlawn Cemetery · Pittsburgh, PA1
- Indiantown Gap National Cemetery · Jonestown, PA1
- Providence Friends Cemetery · Media, PA1
- Harrisburg Cemetery · Harrisburg, PA1
- Birmingham Lafayette Cemetery · West Chester, PA1
- Blairsville Cemetery · Blairsville, PA1
- Fairview Cemetery · Allentown, PA1
- Har NEBO Cemetery · Cheltenham, PA1
- Highland Cemetery · Lock Haven, PA1
- Mount Moriah Cemetery · Yeadon, PA1
- Northwood Cemetery · Elkins Park, PA1
Top 25 of 52 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.
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Other notable burials in Pennsylvania
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Method
How this list is made
A person is on this list when their Wikidata entry gives a cemetery we list as their place of burial and also carries the statement this list is built on. We do not add anyone by judgment, so the list reflects how complete Wikidata is: some people are missing, and burial places can be disputed.
Names, years and descriptions are shown as Wikidata records them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists.