Ascension Parish Burial Ground
Ascension Parish Burial Ground is a cemetery in Cambridge, United Kingdom. Wikidata records 96 notable interments here, including Ludwig Wittgenstein, John Cockcroft, Arthur Eddington.
At a glance
| Location | Cambridge, United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 52.21760, 0.10010 (source: Wikidata) |
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Notable interments
96 notable figures are documented here in Wikidata, each with a Wikipedia article and recorded burial place. The 25 most widely covered are listed below. Browse all 96, or take the JSON record.
- Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951), teacher, architect, mathematician
- John Cockcroft (1897–1967), physicist, university teacher, nuclear physicist
- Arthur Eddington (1882–1944), astronomer, physicist, mathematician
- John Couch Adams (1819–1892), astronomer, mathematician, university teacher
- Frederick Hopkins (1861–1947), physician, chemist, university teacher
- James George Frazer (1854–1941), writer, historian, theologian
- Max Perutz (1914–2002), chemist, university teacher, biochemist
- G. E. Moore (1873–1958), university teacher, philosopher
- G. E. M. Anscombe (1919–2001), writer, translator, theologian
- Frank P. Ramsey (1903–1930), mathematician, economist, philosopher
- Mark Oliphant (1901–2000), physicist, governor, nuclear physicist
- Alfred Newton (1829–1907), zoologist, ornithologist, botanical collector
- A. C. Benson (1862–1925), writer, teacher, poet
- Alfred Ewing (1855–1935), engineer, physicist, university teacher
- Horace Lamb (1849–1934), mathematician, physicist, university teacher
- Walter William Skeat (1835–1912), writer, university teacher, philologist
- Charlotte Scott (1858–1931), mathematician, university teacher
- W. W. Rouse Ball (1850–1925), mathematician, barrister, university teacher
- Robert Stawell Ball (1840–1913), astronomer, writer, mathematician
- Roberto Gerhard (1896–1970), composer
- William Halse Rivers Rivers (1864–1922), psychologist, psychiatrist, neurologist
- H. F. Baker (1866–1956), astronomer, mathematician, university teacher
- Peter Geach (1916–2013), university teacher, philosopher, philosophy historian
- R. A. Stewart Macalister (1870–1950), university teacher, archaeologist, anthropologist
- Ernest William Hobson (1856–1933), mathematician, university teacher
Common questions
Where is Ascension Parish Burial Ground?
Ascension Parish Burial Ground is in Cambridge, United Kingdom, at coordinates 52.2176, 0.1001.
Who is buried at Ascension Parish Burial Ground?
Wikidata documents 96 notable interments at Ascension Parish Burial Ground, including Ludwig Wittgenstein, John Cockcroft, Arthur Eddington, John Couch Adams, Frederick Hopkins.
Records and sources
- Wikidata: Q4803837 (CC0, the source for the facts on this page)
- Wikipedia article
- Burial records on Find a Grave (external, not affiliated)