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Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1809-08-29 - 1894-10-07

Biographical / Historical

Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) was a physician, poet, essayist, and novelist in Massachusetts.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Yale Collection of American Literature portrait file

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1345
Abstract: Portraits primarily depicting prominent nineteenth and twentieth century American writers, artists, and photographers, as well as scientists, educators, social reformers, and statesmen. Included are images of Joel Barlow, William Cullen Bryant, Hart Crane, James Dwight Dana, T. S. Eliot, Max Ewing, Robert Frost, H. D., Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sinclair Lewis, Dorothy Parker, Wendell Phillips, Frank Stockton, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Robert Penn Warren, Noah Webster, and John Greenleaf Whittier....
Dates: 1842-1980