The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-10-11
PASSED AWAY.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, the Fa-
 nous Author Dies at Boston.
4 BRIEF SKETCH OF HIS LIFE.
Some of His Literary Works Enumerated- A Tribute of an English Paper to His Memory--"The Hearts of
 His Readers Won.'

BosToN, Oct. s.-Oliver Wendell Holmes, famous as q poet and author, died at his residence on Beacon street yesterday from q complication of dis eases. Without the semblance of a struggle, he passed away as he had lived, peacefully and beautifully. The end came at 12:10 in the afternoon. He was surrounded by his children and visibly conscious of their presence up to within few minutes of the last, though unable to speak. Then he closed his eyes wearily and seemed to fall asleep.
 BIOGRAPHICAL
 Oliver Wendell Holmes was born at Cam bridge Mass, August 20, 1909. He was the son of Sarah Wendell and Abiel Holmes, who was graduate of Yale college in l783 and for forty years pastor of the first church in Cam bridge. Through his mother Dr. Holmes was of distinguished Dutch and English descent and through his father was descended from English ancestors quite as worthy, Through his mother he was related to the Wendells, Quincys and Jacksons. The Quincys were among the first settlers of Boston and gave a president to Harvard.
 Dr. Holmes went to school at Cambridgeport
 
 emy at Andover, Mass. He was sent to An dover to be prepared for the ministry. At this old New England town he made his first at- temptat versification. He translated the first book of the Eneid in heroic couplets After ward he went to Harvard college where he graduated in 1899. During his college course he contributed twenty-five poems to the Collegian, Harvard period cal Some of these are said tn ha fn nf h hfg lata tions He was one Of the sixteen members elected to the Phi Beta Kappa society. In 1890 he wrote the celebrated poem "Old Ironsides' when 1t was proposed to break up the old frig- ate, Constitution. This was widely copied It saved the ship and gave it's author wide repu- tation. He studied law for n year after leaving college at Cambridge law school under Judge Story and Mir. Ashmun.
 While studying law Dr. Holmes produced many famous humorous pieces, including Evening by Tailor" and "The Height of the Ridiculous" Later he studied medicine under Dr. James Jackson. In 1883 he went abroad and continued his study Of medicine, chiefly in Paris. He returned to America in 1885.
 At this time Dr. Holmes is described as "ex- trcmely youthful in appearance, bubbling over with mingled humor and pathos that have al- ways marked his poetry and sparkling with Of his peculiar genius His Phi
 
 clear, ringing enunciation, which imparted to the hearers his own enjoyment of his thoughts and expressions, delighted a cultured audience to degree" In 1885 he also published Abra- ham Lincoln's favorite poem, The Last Leaf |"
 Dr. Holmes was appointed professor Of an- atomy and physiology at Dartmouth college He was married in Isi0 to Amelia Lee, daugh- ter of Judge Charles Jackson. He then re- tired from his professorship at Dartmouth and settled in Boston to practice medicine. He was appointed as professor Of anatomy and physiology at the Harvard medical school in lS7 Five years later he delivered in several cities course of lectures on English Poets of the Nineteenth Century,"
 On the establishment of the Atlantic Monthly In 1857 he became one Of it's contributors His first contribution was a series of conversa- tional papers, The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table" Dr. Holmes resigned his position as professor of anatomy at Harvard in 1882, in order to de- vote his entire time to literary work In 1891 he published series Of general papers from his pen, "Over the Teacups,' in the Atlantic Monthly. The Saturday Review has said of Dr. Holmes: He is of all living American | authors the one who may most truly be said to nave won the hearts of English readers. There | is no American author now living whose works | Ire more often read, which is the best test of | heir value, more often taken up again. than | hose of Dr. Holmes"