Grove Street Cemetery

Grove Street Cemetery is a historic cemetery in New Haven, United States. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Wikidata records 224 notable interments here, including Benoit Mandelbrot, Josiah Willard Gibbs, Lars Onsager.

At a glance

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Opening hours

• Monday: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
• Tuesday: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
• Wednesday: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
• Thursday: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
• Friday: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
• Saturday: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
• Sunday: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Source: Google Places. Last checked 2026-07-23. Hours can change, confirm with the cemetery before visiting.

Notable interments

224 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 224, or take the JSON record.

Of Grove Street Cemetery's 224 documented notable interments, recorded occupations include politician (20%), university teacher (18%), lawyer (10%), historian (8%), writer (7%).

• Benoit Mandelbrot (1924–2010), university teacher, economist, mathematician
• Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839–1903), statistical physicist, theoretical physicist, thermodynamicist
• Lars Onsager (1903–1976), theoretical physicist, university teacher, chemist
• Thomas A. Steitz (1940–2018), molecular biologist, crystallographer, biophysicist
• Charles Goodyear (1800–1860), inventor, chemist, entrepreneur
• Noah Webster (1758–1843), linguist, opinion journalist, lexicographer
• Eli Whitney (1765–1825), tax collector, mechanic, inventor
• James Dwight Dana (1813–1895), scientific collector, scientific illustrator, carcinologist
• Othniel Charles Marsh (1831–1899), paleontologist, university teacher, zoologist
• Michael Rostovtzeff (1870–1952), historian of classical antiquity, latinist, social historian
• Roger Sherman (1721–1793), statesperson, diplomat, politician
• Jaroslav Pelikan (1923–2006), Protestant theologian, medieval historian, medievalist
• William Dwight Whitney (1827–1894), Indologist, linguist, lexicographer
• Nathan Jacobson (1910–1999), university teacher, mathematician
• Øystein Ore (1899–1968), historian of mathematics, university teacher, mathematician
• Patricia S. Goldman-Rakic (1937–2003), neuroscientist, university teacher, neurologist
• Ida Barney (1886–1982), university teacher, mathematician, astronomer
• Benjamin Silliman Sr. (1779–1864), mineralogist, botanist, university teacher
• Shizuo Kakutani (1911–2004), university teacher, mathematician
• Jonathan Spence (1936–2021), sinologist, university teacher, historian
• Walter Camp (1859–1925), American football player, American football coach, sports journalist
• Lyman Beecher (1775–1863), presbyter, theologian, priest
• Delia Bacon (1811–1859), writer
• John Boswell (1947–1994), linguist, medievalist, university teacher
• Hubert Anson Newton (1830–1896), university teacher, mathematician, astronomer

Common questions

Where is Grove Street Cemetery?

Grove Street Cemetery is in New Haven, United States, at coordinates 41.3136, -72.9275.

Who is buried at Grove Street Cemetery?

Wikidata documents 224 notable interments at Grove Street Cemetery, including Benoit Mandelbrot, Josiah Willard Gibbs, Lars Onsager, Thomas A. Steitz, Charles Goodyear.

Records and sources

• Wikidata: Q5611457 (CC0, the source for the facts on this page)
• Wikipedia article
• Burial records on Find a Grave (external, not affiliated)

Related terms

National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)Notable intermentInterment

Resting Places. "Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, United States." restingplaces.site. Wikidata source record: Q5611457. https://restingplaces.site/cemeteries/grove-street-cemetery/

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