Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Oliver_Wendell_Holmes_Sr.
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkbp:birthDate 1809-08-29
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Cambridge,_Massachusetts,_United_States
gptkbp:child gptkb:Oliver_Wendell_Holmes_Jr.
gptkbp:deathDate 1894-10-07
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Boston,_Massachusetts,_United_States
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:literature
gptkb:medicine
gptkbp:genre gptkb:novel
gptkb:poetry
essay
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:William_James
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Ralph_Waldo_Emerson
gptkbp:knownFor abolition of puerperal fever contagion theory
humorous writing
medical reform
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:American_Philosophical_Society
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Elsie_Venner
gptkb:Old_Ironsides
gptkb:The_Autocrat_of_the_Breakfast-Table
gptkb:The_Chambered_Nautilus
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:physician
gptkb:poet
gptkb:professor
essayist
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Abiel_Holmes
gptkb:Sarah_Wendell_Holmes
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Unitarianism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Boston,_Massachusetts,_United_States
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Mount_Auburn_Cemetery
gptkbp:signature Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse Amelia Lee Jackson
gptkbp:title Doctor of Medicine
Professor of Anatomy and Physiology at Harvard
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Atlantic_Monthly
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