Holmes, Oliver Wendell Jr.

Oliver Wendell Jr. Holmes
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Oliver Wendell Jr. Holmes

Name	Holmes, Oliver Wendell Jr. Gender: M
born on	8 March 1841 at 20:43 (= 8:43 PM )
Place	Boston, Massachusetts, 42n22, 71w04
Timezone	LMT m71w04 (is local mean time)
Data source	Bio/autobiography Rodden Rating B Collector: Rodden
Astrology data	18°21' 07°43 Asc. 21°17'

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Biography

American jurist appointed Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in 1902 by President Teddy Roosevelt. He was named after his father, a physician and writer. Holmes graduated from Harvard in 1861. He served three years in the American Civil War attaining the rank of Captain. He was admitted to the bar in 1867, started practicing in Boston and became editor of the "American Law Review" 1870-1873. In 1880, he lectured at the Lowell Institute and his publication of his papers, "The Common Law" in 1881 became internationally renowned and led to the position of Professor of Law at Harvard University, 1882-1883. Holmes served as Justice to the Massachusetts Supreme Court until 1899 making chief justice until 1902. President Theodore Roosevelt appointed him to the Supreme Court in 1902 and he held the position until his retirement in 1932.

Renowned for his eloquence in taking contrary views in order to look at all sides of a question, he was known as "The Great Dissenter."

Holmes married Fanny Bowditch Dixwell in 1872. He died of pneumonia on 3/06/1935 and was elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1965.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Relationships

• benefactor relationship with Roosevelt, Teddy (born 27 October 1858)

Events

• Social : End a program of study 1861 (Graduated from Harvard)

• Social : Joined group 1861 (Served in the Amer. Civil War, four yrs.)

• Social : End a program of study 1867 (Passed the bar exam)

• Work : New Job 1870 (Became editor of the "American Law Review")

• Relationship : Marriage 1872 (Fanny Bowditch Dexwell)

• Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1881 (Publication of "The Common Law")

• Work : New Job 1882 (Pro. of Law at Harvard)

• Work : Gain social status 1883 (Chief on the MA. Supreme Court)

• Work : Gain social status 1902 (Appointed to U.S. Supreme Court)

• Work : Gain social status 1902 (U.S. Supreme Court Justice, 30 yrs.)

• Work : Retired 1932 (Retired from Supreme Court)

• Death by Disease 6 March 1935 at 12:00 noon in Washington, DC (Pneumonia, age 94 less two days)
• Work : Great Achievement 1965 (Elected to Hall of Fame for Great Americans)

Source Notes

Kraum, rectified from, "between 8:00 and 9:00 last night," in a letter of Holmes father to his sister in the biography by Silus Bent, "Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes," 1932, p.24

Categories

• Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Pneumonia (Terminal)

• Family : Childhood : Advantaged (Affuent family)

• Family : Relationship : Marriage more than 15 Yrs (Fanny 63 years)

• Lifestyle : Work : Same Job more than 10 yrs (Over 30 yrs. as justice)

• Lifestyle : Financial : Gain - Financial success in field

• Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 93)

• Vocation : Education : Teacher (Law Prof. Harvard Univ.)

• Vocation : Law : Attorney

• Vocation : Law : Jurist (Justice of U.S. Supreme Court)

• Vocation : Military : Combat (Civil War)

• Vocation : Writers : Textbook/ Non-fiction (Law)

• Notable : Awards : Hall of Fame (For Great Americans)

• Notable : Famous : Top 5% of Profession

• Notable : Book Collection : American Book