Holmes,
John Haynes 1879-1964; U.S. clergyman & reformer
Holmes,
Oliver Wendell 1809-94; U.S. writer & physician
Holmes,
Oliver Wendell 1841-1935; associate justice, U.S. Supreme Court (1902-32): son of the writer
See Holmes in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(hōmz, hōlmz), Oliver Wendell 1809-1894.
American physician and writer. A professor of anatomy and physiology at Harvard (1847-1882), he wrote humorous conversational pieces, including The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table (1858).
, Oliver Wendell, Jr. 1841-1935.
American jurist who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1902-1932). Many of his opinions greatly influenced the American concept of law.