The Influence Of Oliver Wendell Holmes: An Undeniable Figure In His Works

Oliver Wendell Holmes was a prominent figure in the literary and philosophical circles of his era. He was born on August 29, 1809 in Cambridge Massachusetts. He attended Harvard College after years of private schooling. It was at Harvard where he started to write and translate poetry. After he graduated he began to publish his works, while he was studying to law. One of his most famous works, “Old Ironsides” came in 1830. In 1831 Holmes quit law school to get a medical degree, and went to Europe in 1833 to continue his education. Holmes even rejected requests to have more poetry published to focus on medicine. Yet, in the late 1830’s he began lecturing and became a prominent conversationalist. Holmes married Amelia Jackson in 1840 and their