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Oliver Wendell Holmes

Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809–1894) was an American physician, poet and university teacher.

Also recorded as Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr..

Overview

Born at Cambridge in 1809, died at Boston in 1894.

In detail

Oliver Wendell Holmes studied at Harvard Medical School, Phillips Academy and Harvard College. the recorded working language is English.

Employment is recorded with Harvard University. Positions recorded include professor. Membership is recorded of American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa Society and American Philosophical Society.

Works named in the authority record are The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table, Ode for Washington’s Birthday, Angel of Peace, A Ballad of the Boston Tea Party, Lord of All Being and Old Ironsides.

Work by Oliver Wendell Holmes is recorded in the collections of National Gallery of Canada and J. Paul Getty Museum.

Distinctions recorded are Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Sources

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q319829: Oliver Wendell Holmes

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