Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn

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Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn was a 19th-century American lawyer, politician, and civic leader who played a key role in the early development of garden cemeteries and public institutions in Massachusetts.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician
civic leader
human
lawyer
birthDate 1783-03-03
burialPlace Mount Auburn Cemetery
contributedTo development of public institutions in Massachusetts
early development of garden cemeteries in Massachusetts
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1851-07-29
educatedAt Common schools in Massachusetts
familyName Dearborn
father Henry Dearborn
genre historical writing
horticultural writing
givenName Henry
knownFor leadership in Massachusetts civic and cultural institutions
promotion of garden cemetery movement in the United States
memberOf Massachusetts Horticultural Society
Massachusetts Senate
United States House of Representatives
militaryRank brigadier general
movement rural cemetery movement
nativeLanguage English
notableWork design and development of Mount Auburn Cemetery
historical and biographical sketches
writings on horticulture and agriculture
occupation author
lawyer
military officer
politician
participatedIn War of 1812
positionHeld adjutant general of the Massachusetts militia
collector of the port of Boston
mayor of Roxbury, Massachusetts
member of the United States House of Representatives
president of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society
president of the Massachusetts Senate
residence Boston, Massachusetts
Roxbury, Massachusetts
sexOrGender male
workLocation Massachusetts

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Mount Auburn Cemetery
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