Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1809-1894)
- Name:
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1809-1894)
- Title:
- Professor, Dartmouth College -- briefly in 1839
Professor, Harvard College Medical School -- 1847-1882 - Born:
- 08/29/1809
- Birthplace:
- Cambridge, MA
- Died:
- 10/07/1894
- Death Location:
- Boston, MA
- Residence:
- Cambridge, MA -- as a child
Boston, MA -- as an adult, through end of life - Nationality:
- American
- Occupation:
- Physician -- Boston, MA
Writer -- many famous works, including The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table (published as magazine installments 1857-1858 prior to being published as a book). - Father:
- Holmes, Abiel
- Mother:
- Holmes, Mary Wendell
- Spouse:
- Jackson, Amelia Lee
- Children:
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. (1841-1935; b. Boston, MA; U.S. Supreme Court Justice; served Civil War; Harvard Univ. grad, 1861)
- Notes:
- M. Amelia Lee Jackson of MA. Amelia was an active abolitionist; she was the daughter of Judge Charles Jackson of MA.
Amateur photographer, prior to when amateur photography became popular.
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