highgate cemetery

Although its most famous occupant in the east cemetery is probably Karl Marx (whose attempted tomb's bombing in 1970[1] is still recalled by some Highgate residents), there are several prominent figures, Victorian and otherwise, buried at Highgate Cemetery. Interments include:
Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and other novels
Edward Hodges Baily, sculptor
Farzad Bazoft, journalist, executed by Saddam Hussein's regime
Jacob Bronowski, scientist, creator of the television series The Ascent of Man
Robert Caesar Childers, oriental scholar and writer
John Singleton Copley, artist
Charles Cruft, founder of Crufts dog show
George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans), novelist
Michael Faraday, scientist
Paul Foot, campaigning journalist
Robert Grant VC. soldier and police constable
William Friese-Greene, cinema pioneer. The memorial is credited to Edwin Lutyens
Radclyffe Hall, author of The Well of Loneliness and other novels
Mansoor Hekmat, Communist leader and founder of the Worker-Communist Party of Iran and Worker-Communist Party of Iraq
James Holman, sightless 19th-century adventurer known as "the Blind Traveller"
Alexander Litvinenko, Russian spy turned critic, murdered by poisoning in London
Charles Lucy, artist
Karl Marx, father of Marxist philosophy, the basis of Communism
Ralph Miliband, left wing political theorist, father of David Miliband and Ed Miliband
Henry Moore, (1841–93), marine painter
Sir Ralph Richardson (1902-83), actor
Christina Rossetti, poet
Frances Polidori Rossetti, mother of Dante Gabriel, Christina and William Michael Rossetti
William Michael Rossetti, co-founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
Thomas Sayers, Victorian pugilist
Elizabeth Siddal, wife and model of artist/poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Sir Donald Alexander Smith, Canadian railway financier and diplomat
Herbert Spencer, creator of social Darwinism
Feliks Topolski, Polish-born British expressionist painter
Arthur Waley, translator and oriental scholar
Max Wall, comedian and entertainer
George Wombwell, menagerie exhibitor
Mrs Henry Wood, author
Adam Worth, criminal and possible inspiration for Sherlock Holmes's nemesis, Professor Moriarty


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		Highgate cemetery is in north London and is one of the magnificent seven. This cemetery has two parts to it which are east and west the east side of the cemetery you can either go in with a tour guide or you can go in by yourself however on the west side you are only allowed in on a tour : Weekday tours: There is ONE TOUR at 2.00pm (guaranteed for 12-15 people). It is advisable to book by telephoning 0208 340 1834 and visitors are requested to arrive at 1.45pm. Weekend tours: (for which there is NO BOOKING) take place each hour at 11.00am, 12 Noon, 1.00pm, 2.00pm, 3.00pm, and 4.00pm (last tour at 3.00pm from 1st November to 31st March) again guaranteed only for 12-15 people. It is advisable, especially in holiday seasons, to come at least half an hour before the scheduled time. Sundays are popular and it is sometimes not possible to accommodate everyone wishing to visit. For prices go to http://www.highgate-cemetery.org/index.asp The reason why the west side is only entranced on tours is because there was a high amount of vandalism when it was first opened along with the story of the well known Highgate Vampire. The western part of the cemetery was opened in 1839 and as time went past the cemetery became fashionable with Gothic tombs and buildings. The lebanon circle is a circle of mosoleums with a big seeder tree in the top. Notables Buried In Highgate Although its most famous occupant in the east cemetery is probably Karl Marx (whose attempted tomb's bombing in 1970[1] is still recalled by some Highgate residents), there are several prominent figures, Victorian and otherwise, buried at Highgate Cemetery. Interments include: Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and other novels Edward Hodges Baily, sculptor Farzad Bazoft, journalist, executed by Saddam Hussein's regime Jacob Bronowski, scientist, creator of the television series The Ascent of Man Robert Caesar Childers, oriental scholar and writer John Singleton Copley, artist Charles Cruft, founder of Crufts dog show George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans), novelist Michael Faraday, scientist Paul Foot, campaigning journalist Robert Grant VC. soldier and police constable William Friese-Greene, cinema pioneer. The memorial is credited to Edwin Lutyens Radclyffe Hall, author of The Well of Loneliness and other novels Mansoor Hekmat, Communist leader and founder of the Worker-Communist Party of Iran and Worker-Communist Party of Iraq James Holman, sightless 19th-century adventurer known as "the Blind Traveller" Alexander Litvinenko, Russian spy turned critic, murdered by poisoning in London Charles Lucy, artist Karl Marx, father of Marxist philosophy, the basis of Communism Ralph Miliband, left wing political theorist, father of David Miliband and Ed Miliband Henry Moore, (1841–93), marine painter Sir Ralph Richardson (1902-83), actor Christina Rossetti, poet Frances Polidori Rossetti, mother of Dante Gabriel, Christina and William Michael Rossetti William Michael Rossetti, co-founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood Thomas Sayers, Victorian pugilist Elizabeth Siddal, wife and model of artist/poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti Sir Donald Alexander Smith, Canadian railway financier and diplomat Herbert Spencer, creator of social Darwinism Feliks Topolski, Polish-born British expressionist painter Arthur Waley, translator and oriental scholar Max Wall, comedian and entertainer George Wombwell, menagerie exhibitor Mrs Henry Wood, author Adam Worth, criminal and possible inspiration for Sherlock Holmes's nemesis, Professor Moriarty