Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (August 29, 1809 – October 7, 1894) was an American physician, poet, professor, lecturer, and author. He was a member of the Fireside Poets. His most famous works are the "Breakfast-Table" series, which began with The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table (1858). He was also an important medical reformer. He also wrote old ironsides, a famous poem.

 Related pages 
List of poets from North America

Other websites

 The name of Sherlock Holmes - Dr. Holmes 
11th Edition Encyclopædia Britannica (1911) 
Quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
The Transcendentalist Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.  a site maintained by Jone Johnson Lewis
"The Annotated Autocrat"  a complete set of annotations to Holmes's Autocrat of the Breakfast Table

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