#  Oliver Wendell Holmes 

 



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 Attended Harvard (A.B. 1829; Medical School Student, 1830s)  
Taught at Harvard (1847-1853, 1871-1882) Sort   



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  [*American National Biography* Online](http://www.anb.org.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/articles/12/12-01980.html) 





    





  [The Poetry Foundation Biography](http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=81590) 





  



 

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    **General Overview** 





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    **Rare Materials** 





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  [Finding Aid: Holmes Family Photographs and Memorabilia](http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL.Hough:hou00164) 





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  [Finding Aid: Oliver Wendell Holmes Papers](http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL.Hough:hou01279) 





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  [Finding Aid: Oliver Wendell Holmes Correspondence and Compositions](http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL.Hough:hou00567) 





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  [Finding Aid: Oliver Wendell Holmes Miscellaneous Compositions](http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL.Hough:hou01338) 





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  [Finding Aid: Oliver Wendell Holmes Additional Papers](http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL.Hough:hou01296) 





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