Scientists buried in Rhode Island
Wikidata records 18 scientists as buried in 6 of the cemeteries we list in Rhode Island. Swan Point Cemetery in Pawtucket holds the most, with 9. Rhode Island has the 23rd highest count of any state, out of 1,905 nationally.
People recorded as scientists, including chemists, physicists, mathematicians, biologists and astronomers.
Map of cemeteries
Each point is a cemetery; open it for everyone recorded there.
Scientists buried in Rhode Island
- Matthew C. Perry1794-1858American naval officerIsland Cemetery, Newport, RI
- Horace Mann Junior1844-1868American botanistNorth Burial Ground, Providence, RI
- George Gibbs1815-1873American geologist and ethnologistSaint Mary's Episcopal Churchyard, Middletown, RI
- Alexis Caswell1799-1877American scientistNorth Burial Ground, Providence, RI
- Gouverneur Kemble Warren1830-1882General in the Union Army during the American Civil WarCommon Ground Cemetery, Newport, RI
- Clarence King1842-1901American geologistCommon Ground Cemetery, Newport, RI
- Harriet Brown Bailey1852-1905American botanist and collectorSwan Point Cemetery, Pawtucket, RI
- Oliver Wolcott Gibbs1822-1908American chemistSaint Mary's Episcopal Churchyard, Middletown, RI
- John Osborne Austin1849-1918Genealogical author and publisherSwan Point Cemetery, Pawtucket, RI
- Anne Sibley Angell1855-1925American botanist and botanical collectorSwan Point Cemetery, Pawtucket, RI
- James Furman Kemp1859-1926American geologistNew Fernwood Cemetery, Kingston, RI
- John Howard Appleton1844-1930American chemistSwan Point Cemetery, Pawtucket, RI
- Arnold Buffum Chace1845-1932American academicSwan Point Cemetery, Pawtucket, RI
- William Albert Setchell1864-1943American botanist and naturalistSwan Point Cemetery, Pawtucket, RI
- Jacob Tamarkin1888-1945Russian-American mathematicianSwan Point Cemetery, Pawtucket, RI
- Henry Parker Manning1859-1956Swan Point Cemetery, Pawtucket, RI
- Rachel Blodgett Adams1894-1982American mathematicianSwan Point Cemetery, Pawtucket, RI
- David Pingree1933-2005American mathematics historianNorth Burial Ground, Providence, RI
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Deaths by decade
- 1850s1
- 1860s1
- 1870s2
- 1880s1
- 1900s3
- 1910s1
- 1920s2
- 1930s2
- 1940s2
- 1950s1
- 1980s1
- 2000s1
By recorded year of death, for the 18 people with one.
Where they are buried
- Swan Point Cemetery · Pawtucket, RI9
- North Burial Ground · Providence, RI3
- Saint Mary's Episcopal Churchyard · Middletown, RI2
- Common Ground Cemetery · Newport, RI2
- Island Cemetery · Newport, RI1
- New Fernwood Cemetery · Kingston, RI1
Other notable burials in Rhode Island
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.