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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894) Born: August 29, 1809, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Died: October 7, 1894, Boston, Massachusetts.

Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Watertown, Massachusetts.

Holmes, a doctor, taught anatomy and physiology at Harvard Medical School, where he eventually became dean. However, he is perhaps best remembered as an author, and as father of American Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. In addition, with James Russell Lowell, he helped found The Atlantic Monthly magazine in 1857. Holmes’ works include:

  • “Old Ironsides,” 1830
  • “The Chambered Nautilus,” 1858
  • The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table
  • The Professor at the Breakfast Table, 1859

Hymns:

  1. Father of Mercies, Heavenly Friend
  2. Lord of All Being
  3. Lord, Thou Hast Led Us as of Old
  4. O Father, While Our Hearts Unlearn
  5. O Lord of Hosts, Almighty King
  6. O Love Divine, That Stooped to Share
  7. Thou Gracious Power
    8.
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