Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Oliver Wendell Holmes the younger, (March 8, 1841 – March 6, 1935) was an American jurist noted for his hard-edged rejection of the prevailing property-rights ideology embraced by other judges of his time. He was called The Great Dissenter.

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March 8 - 1841 - March 6 - 1935 - American - Jurist - Judge

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Holmes was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of the prominent writer and physician Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.. As a young man, Holmes loved literature and supported the abolitionist movement which thrived in Boston society during the 1850s. He graduated from Harvard University in 1861.

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Boston - Massachusetts - Writer - Physician - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. - Abolitionist - 1850s - Harvard University - 1861

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