1809–1894 · American poet and physician
Oliver Wendell Holmes

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809–1894) was an American physician, poet, and novelist.
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About Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809–1894) was an American physician, poet, and novelist. He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and died in Boston. He taught medicine at Harvard. His books include The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table (1858), Elsie Venner (1861), and The Poet at the Breakfast-Table (1872).
- Born
- 1809
- Died
- 1894
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