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Oliver Wendell Holmes

American physician and poet who coined the term anaesthesia

Did you know?He was a member of the Fireside Poets and his son became a famous Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court.

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (August 29, 1809 – October 7, 1894) was an American physician, poet, and polymath based in Boston.

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Age at death: 85
Years since death: 132

Born: August 29, 1809 · Cambridge, United States
Died: October 7, 1894
Nationality: American
Known for: Literature, Science

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Father: Abiel Holmes
Mother: Sarah Wendell
Spouse: Amelia Lee Jackson
Children: Edward Jackson Holmes, Sr., Oliver Wendell Holmes

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1958–2009

Michael Jackson

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1632–1704

John Locke

John Locke (29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704) was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of the Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "father of liberalism".

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1780–1867

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

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1936–2018

John McCain

John Sidney McCain III (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) was an American politician and naval officer who represented Arizona in the United States Congress for over 35 years, first as a U.S. representative from 1983 to 1987, then as a U.S. senator from 1987 until his death in 2018.

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1862–1949

Maurice Maeterlinck

Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck (29 August 1862 – 6 May 1949), also known as Count/Comte Maeterlinck from 1932, was a Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist who was Flemish but wrote in French.

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1915–1982

Ingrid Bergman

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1958–2009

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1828–1910

Leo Tolstoy

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1451–1506

Christopher Columbus

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1254–1324

Marco Polo

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