Princeton Cemetery
Cemetery in Princeton, New Jersey
Princeton Cemetery is located in Princeton, New Jersey , United States.[ 1] Nassau Presbyterian Church .[ 3] Westminster Abbey of the United States."[ 1] [ 4]
Notable burials
Archibald Alexander (1772–1851), Presbyterian theologianJames Waddel Alexander (1804–1859), Presbyterian theologian and eldest son of Archibald AlexanderJoseph Addison Alexander (1809–1860), Presbyterian biblical scholar and third son of Archibald AlexanderWilliam Cowper Alexander (1806–1874), politician, businessman and second son of Archibald AlexanderFrank Anscombe (1918–2001), statistician, known for Anscombe's quartet John N. Bahcall (1934–2005), astrophysicistGeorge Wildman Ball (1909–1994), diplomatGeorge Dashiell Bayard (1835–1862), Civil War generalSylvia Beach (1887–1962), bookshop ownerHarold H. Bender (1882–1951), philologistJohn Berrien (1711–1772), New Jersey Supreme Court Justice and owner of Rockingham , Washington's headquartersWilliam G. Bowen , (1933–2016), president of Princeton University Aaron Burr (1756–1836), controversial Revolutionary War hero and politician, third vice president of the United States , killer of Alexander Hamilton , adventurer who was eventually tried and acquitted of treasonAaron Burr Sr. (1716–1757), Presbyterian minister, second president of Princeton University and father of Aaron BurrBrendan Byrne (1924–2018), 47th governor of New JerseyAlonzo Church (1903–1995), mathematicianGrover Cleveland (1837–1908), 22nd and 24th president of the United States Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston (1864–1947), wife of Grover Cleveland and First Lady of the United StatesRuth Cleveland (1891–1904), first child of Grover and Frances Cleveland and supposed name sake of the Baby Ruth candy barEdward Samuel Corwin (1878–1963), author and professor of lawSamuel Davies (1723–1761), president of Princeton University Erling Dorf (1905–1984), Renowned paleobotanist , professor of Geology at Princeton University Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758), president of Princeton University and Calvinist theologianRichard Stockton Field (1803–1870), US senator and New Jersey Attorney General John Huston Finley (1863–1940), author, president of Knox College and University of the State of New York Donald B. Fullerton (1892–1985), missionary and founder of the Princeton Christian Fellowship Harold Furth (1930–2002), physicistGeorge Horace Gallup (1901–1984), pollsterWilliam Francis Gibbs (1886–1967), naval architectKurt Gödel (1906–1978), mathematicianMichael Graves (1934–2015), architect and product designerPeter Charles Harris (1865–1951), adjutant general of the U.S. Army Charles Hodge (1797–1878), Calvinist theologianDavid Hunter (1802–1886), Civil War GeneralLouis "Lajos" Jambor (1884–1954), Hungarian-born American painter, illustrator and muralist.[ 5] William Hallock Johnson (1865–1963), president of Lincoln University in PennsylvaniaJoseph Kargé (1823–1892), Civil War General and Princeton University professorGeorge Frost Kennan (1904–2005), diplomatAlan Krueger (1960–2019), economistFrank Lewin (1925–2008), composerDavid Kellogg Lewis (1941–2001), philosopherEdward Parke Custis Lewis (1837–1892), diplomatJohn Maclean Jr. (1800–1886), president of Princeton UniversityRobert McNutt McElroy (1872–1959), historian and professor of history at Princeton University, Oxford University , and Cambridge University José Menendez (1944–1989) and Mary Louise (Kitty) Menendez (1941–1989), murder victims of their sons, Lyle and Erik Menendez
John O'Hara (1905–1970), author of Appointment in Samarra BUtterfield 8 Moses Taylor Pyne (1855–1921), financier, philanthropist and owner of Drumthwacket EstateRoger Atkinson Pryor (1828–1919), Special US Minister to Greece, US congressman from Virginia, Confederate congressman and general, journalist, New York Supreme Court justiceWilliam Drew Robeson (1844–1918), father of singer, actor and activist Paul Robeson Henry Norris Russell (1877–1957), astronomerWilliam Milligan Sloane (1850–1928), first US Olympic Committee presidentHoward Alexander Smith (1880–1966), US senator from New JerseyJohn P. Stockton (1826–1900), New Jersey attorney general and U.S. senatorRichard Stockton (1764–1828), U.S. senator from New Jersey[ 6] Robert Field Stockton (1795–1866), naval officerLyman Spitzer (1914–1997), astronomerJohn Renshaw Thomson (1800–1862), U.S. senator from New JerseyWilliam G. Thompson (1840–1904), mayor of Detroit Augustus Trowbridge (1870–1934), professor and dean at Princeton University [ 7] John W. Tukey (1915–2000), statisticianPaul Tulane (1801–1887), Tulane University benefactor[ 4] John von Neumann (1903–1957), mathematicianBenjamin Breckinridge Warfield (1851–1921), Presbyterian theologianCanvass White (1790–1834), engineer and inventorEugene Paul Wigner (1902–1995), Nobel Prize -winning physicistJohn Witherspoon (1723–1794), signer of the Declaration of Independence William Willet (1867–1921), portraitist and stained glass designer
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