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Affiliation | Independent |
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Name | Oliver Wendell Holmes |
Address | , Massachusetts , United States |
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August 29, 1809
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Died | October 07, 1894
(85 years)
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Contributor | Thomas Walker |
Last Modifed | Thomas Walker Dec 16, 2005 02:58pm |
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Info | Oliver Wendell Holmes was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on 29th August, 1809. He studied at Harvard University and after graduating in 1836 he practiced medicine for 10 years. He also wrote and achieved national success with Old Ironsides (1830).
In 1847 Holmes became professor of anatomy and physiology at Harvard University. He wrote regularly for The Atlantic Monthly and in 1858 published The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table. This was followed by The Professor of the Breakfast Table (1860), Elsie Venner (1861), The Poet of the Breakfast Table (1872), Ralph Waldo Emerson (1885) and Over the Teacups (1891).
Holmes, the father of the Supreme Court judge, Oliver Wendell Holmes, who was also dean of the Harvard Medical School (1847-82). Oliver Wendell Holmes died on 7th October, 1894.
Vote totals for elections in which was nominated for the Hall of Fame for Great Americans (1900-1965): 1905-49, 1910-69.
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