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Jacob Bigelow (February 27, 1787January 10, 1879) was an American physician and botanist. He was architect of Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the father of physician Henry Jacob Bigelow. ==Biography== Bigelow was born in Sudbury, Massachusetts on February 27, 1787 (other sources claim 1786). Bigelow graduated from Harvard College in 1806 and then studied under John Gorham. He then graduated from the University of Pennsylvania medical school in 1810. He also studied under botantist Benjamin Barton. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1812.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterB.pdf )〕 Bigelow taught medicine and botany at Harvard and published numerous books, including one of America's first botanical books, ''American Medical Botany''. His interest in mechanics led to his appointment as Rumford Professor, a position endowed at Harvard for the purpose of teaching the application of science to the useful arts, which he held from 1816 to 1827. His interest in mechanics and non-biological sciences was also illustrated by the publication of his ''Elements of Technology'' in 1829. Bigelow came up with the idea for Mount Auburn Cemetery as early as 1825, though a site was not acquired until five years later.〔Reps, John W. ''The Making of Urban America: A History of City Planning in the United States''. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1965 (reprinted 1992): 326. ISBN 978-0-691-00618-5〕 Bigelow was concerned about the unhealthiness of burials under churches as well as the possibility of running out of space.〔Carrott, Richard G. ''The Egyptian Revival: Its Sources, Monuments, and Meaning, 1808–1858''. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1978: 87. ISBN 0-520-03324-8〕 With help from the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Mount Auburn Cemetery was founded on of land authorized by the Massachusetts Legislature for use as a garden or rural cemetery.〔Barth, Gunther. "The Park Cemetery: Its Western Migration", ''American Public Architecture: European Roots and Native Expressions'', Craig Robert Zabel, ed. Penn State Press, 1989: 61. ISBN 0-915773-04-X〕 It was dedicated in 1831 by Joseph Story, first president of the Mount Auburn Association.〔Carrott, Richard G. ''The Egyptian Revival: Its Sources, Monuments, and Meaning, 1808–1858''. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1978: 86. ISBN 0-520-03324-8〕 Bigelow died on January 10, 1879 and was buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jacob Bigelow」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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