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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

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American poet and physician (1809–1894)

Born 1809
Died 1894

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Photo of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

American poet and physician (1809–1894)

Born 1809
Died 1894

Subjects

Poetry, Modern Literature, History, Medicine in Literature, Fiction, American poetry, Classic Literature, Poetry as Topic, American literature, Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775, Medicine, American wit and humor, Medical Philosophy, short story, American Civil War, American Horror tales, American essays, Biography, Bunker Hill, Battle of, 1775, Children's fiction, Fourth of July orations, Juvenile poetry, Law, Literary collections, Literature

Places

United States, Alabama, Massachusetts, Owl Creek Bridge, Missouri, New England, kingdom by the sea, Boston, Boston (Mass.), England, Florida, Fountain of Youth, Mallard residence, Saint Louis, Saint Louis (Mo.), Salem Village, St. Louis

People

Ethelred, Madeline Usher, Peyton Farquhar, Roderick Usher, Amanda Wingfield, Annabel Lee, Aylmer, Georgiana, Jim O'Connor, John Lothrop Motley (1814-1877), Laura Wingfield, Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894), Tom Wingfield, Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Brently Mallard, Colonel Killigrew, Devil, Dr. Heidegger, Faith Brown, Fortunato, Goodman Brown, Goody Cloyse, Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758), Josephine, Lady Fortunato

Time

19th century, Civil War, 1861-1865, 1861-65, 1600s, 1861-1865, American Civil War, Civil War, carnival

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Alternative names

  • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • Oliver, Wendell Holmes
  • OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
  • Wendell Oliver Holmes
  • Oliver W. Holmes
  • Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
  • Oliver Wendell Holmes, M.D.
  • Oliver Wendell Holmes

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June 12, 2025 Edited by WikidataBot [sync_author_identifiers_with_wikidata] add wikidata remote identifiers
August 16, 2021 Edited by LibraryDude33 Added new photo
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
May 15, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import