Druid Ridge Cemetery
{{Short description|Cemetery in Pikesville, Maryland}}
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| name = Druid Ridge Cemetery
| image = Clotho_statue_Druid_Ridge_Cemetery.jpg
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| alt = Photograph of the statue
| caption = Statue of the Greek fate "Clotho"
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| established = 1898
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| location = Pikesville, Maryland
| country = United States
| coordinates = {{coord|39|22|54.85|N|76|43|15.65|W|display=inline,title}}
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| owner = Dignity Memorial
| size = {{convert|200|acre}}
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| interments = over 18,000
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| website = https://www.dignitymemorial.com/funeral-homes/baltimore-md/druid-ridge-cemetery/9711
| findagraveid = 80903
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Druid Ridge Cemetery is located in Pikesville, Maryland, just outside the city of Baltimore.
Among its monuments and graves are several noted sculptures by Hans Schuler and the final resting places of:
- Felix Agnus, American Civil War general and newspaper publisher
- Frederick Bauernschmidt (1864–1933), brewer and philanthropist{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116850878/bauernschmidt-rites-to-be-held/ |title=Bauernschmidt Rites To Be Held Tomorrow |date=1933-03-10 |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |page=18 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2023-01-20}}{{Open access}}
- Alfred Blalock, pioneering cardiovascular surgeon
- Patricia Breslin, actress
- Howard Bryant (1861–1930), Maryland state delegate and law professor{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121377753/howard-bryant-obsequies-held-21-sep/ |title=Howard Bryant Obsequies Held |date=1930-09-21 |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |page=22 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2023-03-21}}{{Open access}}
- Dorothy Benjamin Caruso, widow of tenor Enrico Caruso
- William Bullock Clark (1860–1917), American geologist{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113983466/obituary-30-jul-1917-the-baltimore/ |title=Obituary |date=1917-07-30 |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |page=8 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2022-12-02}}{{Open access}}
- William Jones "Boileryard" Clarke, baseball player and coach
- Claribel Cone, physician and art collector
- Etta Cone, famous art collector along with her sister who together helped establish the Baltimore Museum of Art
- Walter Dandy, one of the fathers of neurosurgery
- Samuel K. Dennis Jr. (1874–1953), Maryland politician and judge{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114584820/judge-dennis-dies-suddenly-12-jan/ |title=Judge Dennis Dies Suddenly |date=1953-01-12 |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |page=16 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2022-12-13}}{{Open access}}
- Anthony Hastings George, British Consul-General.
- Jennis Roy Galloway, Baltimore-born World War II Commander, later Managing Director of Union Carbide India, Ltd
- Elisabeth Gilman, daughter of Daniel Coit Gilman and prominent Maryland socialist and civil liberties advocate
- John F. Goucher, namesake of Goucher College
- Virginia Hall, Baltimore-born World War II spy for the British Special Operations Executive
- Eli Jones Henkle, U.S. Congressman, 5th District of Maryland
- William Henry Howell (1860–1945), American physiologist{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114437404/howell-7-feb-1945-the-evening-sun-31/ |date=1945-02-07 |title=Howell |newspaper=The Evening Sun |page=31 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2022-12-11}}{{Open access}}
- John Charles Linthicum, U.S. Congressman, 4th District of Maryland
- John Mays Little (died 1950), Maryland state delegate{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121320085/well-known-md-banker-succumbs-4-jan/ |title=Well Known Md. Banker Succumbs |date=1951-01-04 |newspaper=The Gazette and Daily |location=York, Pennsylvania |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2023-03-21}}{{Open access}}
- Adolf Meyer (1866–1950), Swiss-American psychiatrist{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114450949/dr-meyers-rites-set-monday-18-mar/ |title=Dr. Meyer's Rites Set Monday |date=1950-03-18 |newspaper=The Evening Sun |page=11 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2022-12-11}}{{Open access}}
- Art Modell, owner of professional football teams
- Curt Motton, professional baseball player
- Rosa Ponselle, celebrated soprano
- Thomas Rowe Price, Jr. (1898-1983), investment banker and founder of T. Rowe Price
- Carl Vernon Sheridan, World War II Medal of Honor recipient
- George A. Solter (1873–1950), American judge and lawyer{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114084665/former-judge-g-a-solter-dies-at-age/ |title=Former Judge G. A. Solter Dies at Age 77 |date=1950-11-28 |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |page=32 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2022-12-04}}{{Open access}}
- Hugh H. Young, pioneering urologist
References
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External links
- [http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=cem&FScemeteryid=80903 Druid Ridge Cemetery] in Find a Grave