Kensal Green Cemetery
Kensal Green Cemetery, located in Kensal Green, London, England, and the oldest of the 'Magnificent Seven' still in operation. It contains many elaborate Victorian era mausoleums, including those of:
- Charles Babbage, mathematician, computer scientist
- George Birkbeck, doctor, academic and adult education pioneer
- Marc Isambard Brunel, engineer
- Isambard Kingdom Brunel, engineer
- Wilkie Collins, author
- Thomas Hood, poet, humorist, journalist
- Fanny Kemble, actor, poet
- William Makepeace Thackeray, writer
- Kitty Melrose, actress
- Anthony Trollope, novelist
At the centre is All Soul's Chapel, contain some tombs inside as well. There is also a catacomb currently not maintained.
A non-European is buried here: His Excellency Ras Andargachew Messai of Ethiopia (1902 - 1981).
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