Wendell Holmes

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Wendell_Holmes
GPTKB entity
Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Person
gptkbp:alma_mater gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkbp:appointed_by gptkb:Theodore_Roosevelt
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Order_of_the_Coif
gptkbp:born March 8, 1841
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:Arlington_National_Cemetery
gptkbp:children gptkb:Oliver_Wendell_Holmes_III
gptkbp:contribution gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:died March 6, 1935
gptkbp:famous_quote The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience.
gptkbp:field gptkb:law
gptkbp:full_name gptkb:Oliver_Wendell_Holmes_Jr.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Wendell Holmes
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Roscoe_Pound
legal realism
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Rufus_Choate
gptkbp:known_for freedom of speech
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notable_case gptkb:Riley_v._California
gptkb:Roe_v._Wade
gptkb:New_York_Times_Co._v._Sullivan
gptkb:Schenck_v._United_States
gptkb:Massachusetts_v._Laird
gptkb:Loving_v._Virginia
gptkb:Obergefell_v._Hodges
gptkb:Carpenter_v._United_States
gptkb:Gitlow_v._New_York
gptkb:Korematsu_v._United_States
gptkb:Lemon_v._Kurtzman
gptkb:Miranda_v._Arizona
gptkb:Brown_v._Board_of_Education
gptkb:Shelby_County_v._Holder
gptkb:Buck_v._Bell
gptkb:United_States_v._Jones
gptkb:Olmstead_v._United_States
gptkb:United_States_v._Schwimmer
gptkb:Abrams_v._United_States
gptkb:Whitney_v._California
gptkb:Whole_Woman's_Health_v._Hellerstedt
gptkbp:notable_work The Common Law
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:philosophy pragmatism
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:William_R._Day
gptkbp:served_as gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:spouse Fanny Holmes
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Hugo_Black
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Holmes_Brothers
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6