Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. 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 famous prose works are the "Breakfast-Table" series, which began with The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table (1858). He was also an important medical reformer. In addition to his work as an author and poet, Holmes also served as a physician, professor, lecturer, inventor, and, although he never practiced it, he received formal training in law.

Works

A Mortal Antipathy

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Elsie Venner

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Grandmother's Story of Bunker Hill Battle, as She Saw it from the Belfry

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John Lothrop Motley, A Memoir — Complete

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John Lothrop Motley. a memoir — Volume 1

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John Lothrop Motley. a memoir — Volume 2

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John Lothrop Motley. a memoir — Volume 3

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Medical Essays, 1842-1882

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Our Hundred Days in Europe

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Over the Teacups

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Pages from an Old Volume of Life; A Collection of Essays, 1857-1881

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Quotes and Images From the Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table

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The Common Law

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The Guardian Angel

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The One Hoss Shay / With its Companion Poems How the Old Horse Won the Bet & / The Broomstick Train

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The Path of the Law

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The Poet at the Breakfast-Table

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The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Complete

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The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 01: Earlier Poems (1830-1836)

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The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 02 / Additional Poems (1837-1848)

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The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 03: Medical Poems

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The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 04: Songs in Many Keys

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The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 05 / Poems of the Class of '29 (1851-1889)

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The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 06 / Poems from the Breakfast Table Series

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The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 07: Songs of Many Seasons

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The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 08 / Bunker Hill and Other Poems

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The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 09 / The Iron Gate and Other Poems

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The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 10: Before the Curfew

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The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 11 / Poems from the Teacups Series

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The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 12 / Verses from the Oldest Portfolio

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The Professor at the Breakfast-Table

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The Wonderful "One-Hoss-Shay", and Other Poems

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