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Oliver Wendell Holmes was an American physician and poet. He was from Boston and much of his writing was associated with the area. He belonged to a group of poets known as the Fireside Poets who were associated with New England and included Longfellow and Whittier. Holmes embarked on a medical career although he had begun writing poetry at the age of 21. He held the position of Professor at Harvard Medical School for 35 years.
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Name: Oliver Wendell Holmes
Gender: Male
Nationality: American
Date of birth: 1809
Date of death: 1894
Roles: Medical Practitioner; Poet
Linked correspondent: Ralph Waldo Emerson (link opens in new window)
Project person ID: SLP079
Image rights: © National Portrait Gallery London by Unknown photographer photogravure circa 1871 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/