Terry Hamburg

Terry Hamburg is Director Emeritus of the Cypress Lawn Heritage Foundation, a division of Cypress Lawn Cemetery – the historic California garden necropolis that hosts nearly a half million “residents” including many of the most prominent founders and builders of the American West and the nation. Hamburg has a master’s degree in history from King’s College, Cambridge University in England. He has written numerous articles on California history and the fate of San Francisco’s dead, lectured, and conducts cemetery history and art tours. He is the author of Quotable San Francisco.