Tomb Of Herbert Spencer In Highgate (Eastern) Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1974. Tomb.
Tomb Of Herbert Spencer In Highgate (Eastern) Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- waiting-floor-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1974
- Type
- Tomb
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tomb of Herbert Spencer is located in Highgate (Eastern) Cemetery and dates from around 1903. It is a table tomb made of granite, featuring a rectangular plinth and a table tomb with inscribed recessed panels, a cornice, and a shallow hipped lid. Herbert Spencer was a notable philosopher, author, and a pioneer of sociology in Britain, known for coining the phrase "survival of the fittest."
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