Druid Ridge Cemetery is located in

Pikesville, Maryland Pikesville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Baltimore County, Maryland, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. Pikesville is just northwest of the Baltimore city limits. It is the northwestern suburb closest to Baltimore. The population ...

, just outside the city of

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. Among its monuments and graves are several noted sculptures by Hans Schuler and the final resting places of: *

Felix Agnus Felix Agnus (4 May 1839 – 31 October 1925) (born Antoine-Felix) was a French-born sculptor, newspaper publisher and soldier who served in the Franco-Austrian War and the American Civil War. Agnus studied sculpture before enlisting to fight i ...

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general and newspaper publisher * Frederick Bauernschmidt (1864–1933), brewer and philanthropist * Alfred Blalock, pioneering cardiovascular surgeon *

Patricia Breslin Patricia Rose Breslin (March 17, 1925 - Oct 12, 2011) was an American actress and philanthropist. She had a prominent career in television, which included recurring roles as Amanda Miller on '' The People's Choice'' (1955–58), and as Laura Harr ...

, actress *

Howard Bryant Howard "Howie" Bryant (born November 25, 1968) is a sports journalist, and radio and television personality. He writes weekly columns for ESPN.com and ''ESPN The Magazine'', ESPN, and appears regularly on ESPN Radio. He is a frequent panelist o ...

(1861–1930), Maryland state delegate and law professor *Dorothy Benjamin Caruso, widow of

tenor A tenor is a type of male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. Composers typically write music for this voice in the range from the second B below m ...

Enrico Caruso Enrico Caruso (, , ; 25 February 1873 – 2 August 1921) was an Italian operatic first lyric tenor then dramatic tenor. He sang to great acclaim at the major opera houses of Europe and the Americas, appearing in a wide variety of roles that r ...

* William Bullock Clark (1860–1917), American geologist * William Jones "Boileryard" Clarke, baseball player and coach * Claribel Cone, physician and art collector *

Etta Cone Claribel Cone (1864–1929) and Etta Cone (1870–1949), collectively known as the Cone sisters, were active as American art collectors and socialites during the first part of the 20th century. Claribel trained as a physician and Etta as a piani ...

, famous art collector along with her sister who together helped establish the

Baltimore Museum of Art The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) in Baltimore, Maryland, is an art museum that was founded in 1914. The BMA's collection of 95,000 objects encompasses more than 1,000 works by Henri Matisse anchored by the Cone Collection of modern art, ...

Walter Dandy Walter Edward Dandy (April 6, 1886 – April 19, 1946) was an American neurosurgeon and scientist. He is considered one of the founding fathers of neurosurgery, along with Victor Horsley and Harvey Cushing. Dandy is credited with numerous neuros ...

, one of the fathers of

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* Samuel K. Dennis Jr. (1874–1953), Maryland politician and judge * Anthony Hastings George, British Consul-General. *Jennis Roy Galloway,

-born World War II Commander, later Managing Director of Union Carbide India, Ltd * Elisabeth Gilman, daughter of

Daniel Coit Gilman Daniel Coit Gilman (; July 6, 1831 – October 13, 1908) was an American educator and academic. Gilman was instrumental in founding the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale College, and subsequently served as the second president of the University ...

and prominent Maryland socialist and civil liberties advocate * John F. Goucher, namesake of

Goucher College Goucher College ( ') is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Towson, Maryland, United States. Founded in 1885 as a Nonsectarian, nonsecterian Women's colleges in the United States, ...

Virginia Hall Virginia Hall Goillot DSC, Croix de Guerre, (April 6, 1906 – July 8, 1982), code named Marie and Diane, was an American who worked with the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive (SOE) and the American Office of Stra ...

-born World War II spy for the British

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* Eli Jones Henkle, U.S. Congressman, 5th District of Maryland *

William Henry Howell William Henry Howell (February 20, 1860 – February 6, 1945) was an American physiologist. He pioneered the use of heparin as a blood anti-coagulant. Early life William Henry Howell was born on February 20, 1860, in Baltimore, Maryland. He gra ...

(1860–1945), American physiologist *

John Charles Linthicum John Charles Linthicum (November 26, 1867–October 5, 1932) was a U.S. Congressman from the 4th Congressional district of Maryland, serving from 1911 to 1932. Biography Linthicum was born on 26 November 1867 near Baltimore, Maryland, i ...

, U.S. Congressman, 4th District of Maryland * John Mays Little (died 1950), Maryland state delegate * Adolf Meyer (1866–1950), Swiss-American psychiatrist *

Art Modell Arthur Bertram Modell (June 23, 1925 – September 6, 2012) was an American businessman, entrepreneur and National Football League (NFL) team owner. He owned the Cleveland Browns franchise for 35 years and established the Baltimore Ravens f ...

, owner of professional football teams * Curt Motton, professional baseball player *

Rosa Ponselle Rosa Ponzillo, known as Rosa Ponselle (January 22, 1897 – May 25, 1981) was an American operatic dramatic soprano. She sang mainly at the New York Metropolitan Opera and is generally considered to have been one of the greatest sopranos of the ...

, celebrated

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* Thomas Rowe Price, Jr. (1898-1983), investment banker and founder of T. Rowe Price * Carl Vernon Sheridan, World War II

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recipient * George A. Solter (1873–1950), American judge and lawyer * Hugh H. Young, pioneering

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