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About Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. 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. His most famous prose works are the "Breakfast-Table" series, which began with The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table (1858). He was also an important medical reformer. In addition to being an author and a poet, Holmes was also a physician, professor, lecturer, and inventor.
Everything about Oliver Wendell Holmes →- Occupation
- physician, poet, physician writer, university teacher
- Position held
- professor
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- August 29, 1809, 1809
- Died
- October 7, 1894, 1894