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Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894

LC control no.n 80032729
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPS1950 PS1998
Personal name headingHolmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894
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Variant(s)Holmes, O. W. (Oliver Wendell), 1809-1894
Biography/History noteOliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) was a physician, poet, essayist, and novelist in Massachusetts.
Birth date1809-08-29
Death date1894-10-07
Place of birthCambridge (Mass.)
Place of deathBoston (Mass.)
AffiliationHarvard College (1780- )
Harvard Law School
Harvard Medical School
New Hampshire Medical Institution
Profession or occupationPhysicians
Physicians
Poets
Essayists
Novelists
Found inOliver Wendell Holmes, M.D., 1860.
Report of a committee of the Massachusetts Medical Society on homoeopathy, 1850: p. 4 (O.W. Holmes)
WBIS, Mar. 29, 2013 (b. 1809, d. 1894)
Lord of all being, throned afar, 2000 : page 1 (words by Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1809-94)
Wikipedia, via WWW, Dec. 16, 2013 (Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.; physician, poet, essayist, and novelist; b. Aug. 29, 1809 in Cambridge, Mass.; parents: Abiel Holmes and Sarah Wendell; attended Harvard College, attended law school; Harvard medical degree, 1836; taught at Dartmouth Medical School, 1838-1840; m. June 15, 1840 to Amelia Lee Jackson, three children; taught at Harvard Medical School, 1847-1882; died Oct. 7, 1894 in Boston, Mass.)
Associated languageeng