Wolvercote Cemetery
Wolvercote Cemetery is a cemetery in Oxford, United Kingdom. Wikidata records 48 notable interments here, including J. R. R. Tolkien, Isaiah Berlin, Roger Bannister.
At a glance
| Location | Oxford, United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 51.79131, -1.27321 (source: Wikidata) |
| Website | www.oxford.gov.uk |
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Notable interments
48 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 48, or take the JSON record.
- J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973), writer, teacher, poet
- Isaiah Berlin (1909–1997), diplomat, historian, political scientist
- Roger Bannister (1929–2018), physician, neurologist, athlete
- Leonid Pasternak (1862–1945), painter, visual artist, printmaker
- P. F. Strawson (1919–2006), engineer, university teacher, philosopher
- James Murray (1837–1915), writer, philologist, lexicographer
- Edward Arthur Milne (1896–1950), astronomer, physicist, mathematician
- Humphrey Carpenter (1946–2005), writer, historian, biographer
- Edith Tolkien (1889–1971), pianist, music educator
- Augustus Edward Hough Love (1863–1940), mathematician
- Albert Hourani (1915–1993), historian, civil servant, university teacher
- Ernest Dunlop Swinton (1868–1951), writer, military personnel, engineer
- John Burdon-Sanderson (1828–1905), physician, university teacher, physiologist
- Charles Harding Firth (1857–1936), historian, university teacher, historian of Modern Age
- Helena Wolińska-Brus (1919–2008), military personnel, prosecutor, officer of the Milicja Obywatelska
- Leonard James Rogers (1862–1933), mathematician, university teacher
- Philip Merivale (1886–1946), screenwriter, actor, playwright
- Louise Imogen Guiney (1861–1920), writer, poet, postmaster
- Peter Laslett (1915–2001), historian, political scientist, university teacher
- Hamo Thornycroft (1850–1925), sculptor
- Walter Hooper (1931–2020), writer, biographer, parson
- Edward Maitland Wright (1906–2005), mathematician
- Frederick York Powell (1850–1904), historian, university teacher, medievalist
- Brooke Benjamin (1929–1995), physicist, mathematician
- John Herivel (1918–2011), mathematician, historian, biographer
Common questions
Where is Wolvercote Cemetery?
Wolvercote Cemetery is in Oxford, United Kingdom, at coordinates 51.7913, -1.2732.
Who is buried at Wolvercote Cemetery?
Wikidata documents 48 notable interments at Wolvercote Cemetery, including J. R. R. Tolkien, Isaiah Berlin, Roger Bannister, Leonid Pasternak, P. F. Strawson.
Records and sources
- Wikidata: Q82162 (CC0, the source for the facts on this page)
- Wikipedia article
- Burial records on Find a Grave (external, not affiliated)