Oliver Wendell Holmes may refer to:
People
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Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (; August 29, 1809 – October 7, 1894) was an American physician, poet, and polymath based in Boston. Grouped among the fireside poets, he was acclaimed by his peers as one of the best writers of the day. His most ...
(1809–1894), poet, physician, and essayist, father of the judge
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Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (March 8, 1841 – March 6, 1935) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, U.S. Supreme Cou ...
(1841–1935), an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, son of the essayist
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Oliver Wendell Holmes (archivist) (1902–1981), American archivist and historian
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Wendell Holmes (actor)
Wendell Holmes (August 17, 1914 – April 27, 1962) was an American actor whose career included work in radio, television, Broadway, and film.
Early years
Holmes was born Oliver Wendell Holmes in Cheshire, Ohio to Ferdie and Ada Holmes.
Cen ...
(1914–1962), character actor Oliver Wendell Holmes
Schools
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Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior High School, junior high school in Davis, California, named after Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes High School
Oliver Wendell Holmes High School is a public high school that is part of the Northside Independent School District in San Antonio, Texas. It is the parent school for the magnet school Northside School of Innovation, Technology, and Entreprene ...
, high school in San Antonio, Texas named after Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
See also
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Oliver Wendell Holmes House, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.'s house
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Oliver Holmes (disambiguation)
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Holmes, Oliver Wendell
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (; August 29, 1809 – October 7, 1894) was an American physician, poet, and polymath based in Boston. Grouped among the fireside poets, he was acclaimed by his peers as one of the best writers of the day. His most f ...