Holmes, Oliver Wendell
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Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1809–94), American writer, was professor of anatomy and physiology at Harvard University (1847–82). His
Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table appeared in the
Atlantic Monthly in 1857–8,
The Professor at the Breakfast-Table in 1860,
The Poet at the Breakfast-Table in 1872, and
Over the Tea-cups in 1891. His essays in the
Breakfast-Table series are notable for their kindly humour and width of erudition; they take the form of discourses by the author, the other characters being listeners, who interpose occasional remarks. He also wrote novels, essays, and memoirs of
Emerson and
Motley, and a considerable quantity of mainly light and occasional verse.
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The Legacy of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 1/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., has been "regarded as...mystery" (74). The Legacy of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., consists of an introduction...When this book is finished, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., remains an enigma; the...
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Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes: Law and the Inner Self.(Review)
Magazine article from: Polity; 12/22/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...G. Edward White, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes: Law and the Inner Self...the psychological strains on Oliver Wendell Holmes; Richard Polenberg probes...ground. I. Psychology: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Unlike traditional...
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Gibian, Peter: Oliver Wendell Holmes and the Culture of Conversation.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: History: Review of New Books; 3/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; Gibian, Peter Oliver Wendell Holmes and the Culture of Conversation...McGill University, shows that Oliver Wendell Holmes (1808-1894) and his culture...is an outstanding book; on Oliver Wendell Holmes and his "culture of conversation...
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Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes: Law and the Inner Self.
Magazine article from: Michigan Law Review; 5/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...either the life or the work of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. must be complex and thorough...The author first discusses Holmes's complex relationship with his father, Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. -- author of the Autocrat...
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The Essential Holmes: Selections from the Letters, Speeches, Judicial Opinions, and Other Writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Magazine article from: National Review; 5/25/1992; ; 700+ words
; The Essential Holmes: Selections from the Letters...Opinions, and Other Writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., edited by Richard A. Posner (Chicago, 328 pp., $24.95) OLIVER Wendell Holmes was a double man. A lifelong atheist...
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Holmes' failure. (Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.)
Magazine article from: Michigan Law Review; 12/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...centennial celebration(1) of Oliver Wendell Holmes' The Path of the Law.(2) The...Law is a grand thing, in my view Holmes' best thing. But just the same...weakness of the piece, and of Holmes' much earlier book, The Common...
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Flawed hero; American law; Oliver Wendell Holmes.(Books and Arts)(Brief Article)(Review)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 2/24/2001; 700+ words
; ...VALUES: THE LIFE, WORK, AND LEGACY OF JUSTICE HOLMES. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES is an American icon, the very model of the crusty...pragmatism, the prevailing philosophy in American law, Holmes is as close to a judicial god as any country should...
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The Imaginative Prose of Oliver Wendell Holmes.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 8/1/2006; 505 words
; 9780826216441 The imaginative prose of Oliver Wendell Holmes. Weinstein, Michael A. U. of Missouri Press...still do. The problem is, many take the work of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. as an essayist and novelist less than seriously...
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The Justice from Beacon Hill: The Life and Times of Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Magazine article from: National Review; 9/23/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...perennial fascination of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes? Other judges, it could be argued...on constitutional doctrine. Yet Holmes remains the preeminent American...second full biography of Justice Holmes, following Sheldon M. Novick...
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[ * Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes was a famous doctor wh... ]
Newspaper article from: Daily Breeze; 9/26/2005; 437 words
; * Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes was a famous doctor who coined the term "anesthesia." Just...confuse him with his son with the same name, Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. * Rabies viruses travel slowly up the nervous system. How...
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Holmes, Oliver Wendell
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
Oliver Wendell Holmes Born: August 29, 1809 Cambridge...physician, teacher, and author Oliver Wendell Holmes contributed to the advancement of...poem "Old Ironsides." Early life Oliver Wendell Holmes was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts...
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Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1809-1894)
Book article from: American Eras
Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) Author, physician...one of his students, when Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes entered his classroom at Harvard...scientific habit of mind. Doctor. Oliver Wendell Holmes was born on 29 August 1809 in Cambridge...
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Oliver Wendell Holmes Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894), American physician and author, contributed to the advancement of medicine and wrote witty essays and popular poems. Oliver Wendell Holmes was born in Cambridge, Mass., on Aug. 29...
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Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. As a jurist and a legal writer, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841-1935), contributed...important role in this discourse than Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Not only did he personally...
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Holmes Jr., Oliver Wendell
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Born: March 8, 1841 Boston...Court justice and a legal writer, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. was a key figure in the debate...into a celebrated Boston family Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. was born in Boston, Massachusetts...
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