Mill Road Cemetery, Cambridge
Encyclopedia
Mill Road Cemetery is a cemetery
off Mill Road
in the Petersfield area of Cambridge
, England
. The cemetery is listed by English Heritage
as a Grade II site, and several of the tombs are also listed as of special architectural and historical interest.
The cemetery was established in 1848. A chapel built by George Gilbert Scott
is no longer standing.
Cemetery
A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. The term "cemetery" implies that the land is specifically designated as a burying ground. Cemeteries in the Western world are where the final ceremonies of death are observed...
off Mill Road
Mill Road, Cambridge
Mill Road is a street in southeast Cambridge, England. It runs southeast from near to Parker's Piece, at the junction with Gonville Place, East Road, and Parkside. It crosses the main railway line and links to the city's ring road . It passes through the wards of Petersfield and Romsey, which are...
in the Petersfield area of Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The cemetery is listed by English Heritage
English Heritage
English Heritage . is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport...
as a Grade II site, and several of the tombs are also listed as of special architectural and historical interest.
The cemetery was established in 1848. A chapel built by George Gilbert Scott
George Gilbert Scott
Sir George Gilbert Scott was an English architect of the Victorian Age, chiefly associated with the design, building and renovation of churches, cathedrals and workhouses...
is no longer standing.
Burials
Those interred in the cemetery include:- John BarnardJohn Barnard (cricketer)John Barnard was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1815 to 1830. Mainly associated with Kent and Marylebone Cricket Club , he made 18 known appearances in first-class matches...
(1794-1878), amateur cricketer. - Arthur CayleyArthur CayleyArthur Cayley F.R.S. was a British mathematician. He helped found the modern British school of pure mathematics....
(1821-1895), mathematician. The headstone is no longer standing. A wreath was placed at Cayley's grave, with a graveside address by Samuel DicksteinSamuel Dickstein (mathematician)Samuel Dickstein was a Polish mathematician of Jewish origin. He was one of the founders of the Jewish party "Zjednoczenie" , which advocated the assimilation of Polish Jews....
, at the 1912 International Congress of MathematiciansInternational Congress of MathematiciansThe International Congress of Mathematicians is the largest conference for the topic of mathematics. It meets once every four years, hosted by the International Mathematical Union ....
. - James ChallisJames ChallisJames Challis FRS was an English clergyman, physicist and astronomer. Plumian Professor and director of the Cambridge Observatory, he investigated a wide range of physical phenomena though made few lasting contributions outside astronomy...
(1803-1882), astronomer. - John Willis ClarkJohn Willis ClarkJohn Willis Clark , sometimes J. W. Clark, was an English academic and antiquarian.Clark was born into a Cambridge University academic family, and was a nephew of Prof. Robert Willis...
(1833-1910), university administrator and antiquary. - Charles Henry CooperCharles Henry CooperCharles Henry Cooper was an English antiquarian.-Life:Born at Marlow, Buckinghamshire, he was descended from a family formerly of Bray in Berkshire. He was privately educated in Reading. In 1826 he settled in Cambridge, and in 1836 was elected coroner of the borough...
(1808-1866), biographer and antiquary. - Percival FrostPercival Frost-Life:Frost was born at Kingston upon Hull on 1 September 1817, the second son of Charles Frost. He was educated at Beverley and Oakham, and entered St. John's College, Cambridge, in October 1835, graduating B.A. as second wrangler in 1839 and M.A. in 1842...
(1817-1898), mathematician. - George Garrett (1834-1897), organist and composer.
- Fenton Hort (1828-1892), theologian and bible scholar.
- George Murray HumphryGeorge Murray HumphrySir George Murray Humphry was a professor of physiology and anatomy at Cambridge, surgeon, gerontologist and medical writer.-Life:He was born at Sudbury in Suffolk on 18 July 1820, the third son of William Wood Humphry, a barrister...
(1820-1896), surgeon. - Benjamin Hall KennedyBenjamin Hall KennedyBenjamin Hall Kennedy was an English scholar and schoolmaster, known for his work in the teaching of the Latin language.-Biography:...
(1804-1889), classicist. - Daniel MacMillanDaniel MacMillanDaniel MacMillan was a Scottish publisher from the Isle of Arran, Scotland.Daniel MacMillan was born in the Isle of Arran to a crofting family...
(1813-1857), publisher. - Eiríkr MagnússonEiríkr MagnússonEiríkr or Eiríkur Magnússon was an Icelandic scholar who was Librarian at the University of Cambridge, taught Old Norse to William Morris, translated numerous Icelandic sagas into English in collaboration with him, and played an important role in the movement to study the history and literature of...
(1833-1913), Icelandic scholar. - James RatteeJames RatteeJames Rattee was an English woodcarver and mason, especially noted for his skill in church ornamentation and restoration, for which his services were sought worldwide.-Life:...
(1820-1855), woodcarver and mason. - Charles Smart Roy (1854-1897), pathologist.
- Hamblin Smith (1827-1901), mathematician.
- Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet (1819-1903), physicist. His gravestone "has now vanished from view".
- Isaac TodhunterIsaac TodhunterIsaac Todhunter FRS , was an English mathematician who is best known today for the books he wrote on mathematics and its history.- Life and work :...
(1820-1884), mathematician.