Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, WI

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Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, WI

CEMETERY

Founding Date:
1858

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Henry Cullen Adams Politician 28-Nov-1850 9-Jul-1906 Congressman from Wisconsin, 1903-06

Stephen Babcock Chemist 22-Oct-1843 2-Jul-1931 Chemistry of milk

John Bardeen Physicist 23-May-1908 30-Jan-1991 Co-Inventor of the transistor

Richard T. Ely Economist 13-Apr-1854 4-Oct-1943 Introduction to Political Economy

Robert M. La Follette Politician 14-Jun-1855 20-Jun-1925 Governor and Senator from Wisconsin

Robert M. La Follette, Jr. Politician 6-Feb-1895 24-Feb-1953 US Senator, committed suicide

John M. Nelson Politician 10-Oct-1870 29-Jan-1955 Congressman from Wisconsin, 1921-33

Oscar Rennebohm Politician 25-May-1889 15-Oct-1968 Governor of Wisconsin, 1947-51

Harry Steenbock Biologist 16-Aug-1886 25-Dec-1967 Cured rickets with synthesized Vitamin D

John H. van Vleck Physicist 13-Mar-1899 27-Oct-1980 Quantum theory of paramagnetism

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