Surname: Holmes Forename(s): Oliver Wendell b. 29 August 1809. d. 7 October 1894. Nationality: American. VIAF.
Poet, novelist, essayist, and physician. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Educated
at Harvard College, Boston Medical College, and Harvard Medical School. Contributed
to the Daily Advertiser and New England Magazine. Editor of Atlantic Monthly. Moved to Paris to continue his medical studies, and travelled around the European
continent. Professor of anatomy at Dartmouth College (1838-1840), and then Dean of
Harvard Medical School (1847-1853). Married Amelia Lee Jackson in 1840. Author of
several poetry volumes. Friends with James Russell Lowell and Louis Agassiz. Biographical
information: ANB. (CC)