Important Names in Funeral History Flashcards
Who was the first inviter to funerals
John Van Gelder NYC
Who was father of embalming U5
Dr. Fredrick Ruysch
Who invented the microscope
Van Leeuwenhoek
Who was associated w/ Circulation of blood
William Harvey
Who was associated w/ embalming w/o evisceration
Gabriel Clauderus
Who patent stone, marble, cement coffin
John White in NY 1835
Who did the 1st American patent for metallic coffin
James A Gray 1836 in VA
Who patent the cast iron steel Fisk Metallic Coffin
Almond D Fisk 1848
Who is associated w/ the Ogee casket
AC Barstow
Who is associated w/ cloth caskets(velvet velour fringe
Samuel Stein Manufacturing
Who is associated w/ Style E State Casket
Samuel Stein
Who is associated w/ the burial vault
George W Boyd
Who was the father of American embalming
Dr. Thomas Holmes
What did chemicals Dr. Holmes prefers
Arsenic & Zinc Chloride
Who took out patent for embalming
J. Anthony Guassardia
What chemicals does J Anthony Guassardia prefer
Arsenic & Alcohol
Who is associated w/ the turning point for embalming
Abraham Lincoln
Who is associated w a horse drawn hearse
James Cunniham
Who is associated w/ the oval shape & wooden drape hearse 8post
Hudson Samson
Who is associated w the oval shape 8post and wooden drape hearse
Hudson Samson
Who is associated w the most outstanding funeral car
Crane & Breed Processional hearse
Felix Sullivan
Dean of embalmers
Dr. F. Julius LeMoyne
Erected America’s first crematory in 1876
Who wrote the 1st embalming textbook in French
Jean Gannal
