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Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (/ h oʊ m z /; August 29, 1809 – October 7, 1894) was an American physician, poet, and polymath based in Boston. Grouped among the fireside poets, he was acclaimed by his peers as one of the best writers of the day.
Oliver Wendell Holmes (born Aug. 29, 1809, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.—died Oct. 7, 1894, Cambridge) was an American physician, poet, and humorist notable for his medical research and teaching, and as the author of the “ Breakfast-Table” series of essays.
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Learn about the life and works of Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., a writer, doctor, and educator who was part of the Fireside Poets. Read some of his poems, such as "The Chambered Nautilus" and "Old Ironsides", and his prose series "The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table".
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., (August 29, 1809 – October 7, 1894) was a physician by profession but achieved fame as a writer; he was one of the best regarded American poets of the nineteenth century. Holmes was a member of the Fireside Poets, a group of American poets that were among the first to rival their British counterparts.
Aug 28, 2020 · Learn how the American physician, poet and author Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809-1894) pioneered the study of childbed fever and advocated for doctors to wash their hands. His work was ahead of its time and influenced by his son, the Supreme Court justice.
- Dr. Howard Markel
A poem about the life cycle of a nautilus, a sea creature that builds a spiral shell as it grows. The poem compares the nautilus to the human soul and urges to leave the past and build new mansions.
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He coined the term “Boston Brahmin” and was a Brahmin himself. But unlike some in that class, Oliver Wendell Holmes was not content with sedentary self-satisfaction. He was a medical reformer, an inventor, a literary light—the founder who gave The Atlantic Monthly its name.
