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Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

1809 - 1894

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Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (; August 29, 1809 – October 7, 1894) was an American physician, poet, and polymath based in Boston. Grouped among the fireside poets, he was acclaimed by his peers as one of the best writers of the day. His most famous prose works are the "Breakfast-Table" series, which began with The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table (1858). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. has received more than 887,813 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. is the 2,533rd most popular writer (down from 2,403rd in 2019), the 3,203rd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,103rd in 2019) and the 276th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 890k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. ranks 2,533 out of 7,302. Before him are John Mandeville, Jung Chang, Heinz G. Konsalik, Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, André Pieyre de Mandiargues, and Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadani. After him are Ottavio Rinuccini, Nima Yooshij, Mkhitar Sebastatsi, Na Hye-sok, Aristeas, and Seichō Matsumoto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1809, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. ranks 36. Before him are Edward FitzGerald, Hannibal Hamlin, Joseph Jenkins Roberts, Jules Favre, Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine, and Heinrich Hoffmann. After him are Karl Koch, Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin, Bénédict Morel, Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky, Kit Carson, and Constantin von Alvensleben. Among people deceased in 1894, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. ranks 33. Before him are Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac, Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia, Alexander von Middendorff, Christina Rossetti, Marietta Alboni, and Heinrich Hoffmann. After him are Gall, William Waddington, Theophan the Recluse, Amelia Bloomer, Auguste Vaillant, and Władysław Czartoryski.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. ranks 3,203 out of 20,380. Before him are Anne Ramsey (1929), Bill Nunn (1953), Margaret Fuller (1810), John Wesley Hyatt (1837), John Edward Williams (1922), and Zach Galifianakis (1969). After him are David Petraeus (1952), Andrew Fire (1959), Laurie Metcalf (1955), Johnny Carson (1925), Katherine Jackson (1930), and Samuel Wilson (1766).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. ranks 276. Before him are Michael Bishop (1945), Alice B. Toklas (1877), Ron Kovic (1946), Donald E. Westlake (1933), Margaret Fuller (1810), and John Edward Williams (1922). After him are Katherine Jackson (1930), Alexandra Ripley (1934), Lois McMaster Bujold (1949), Andrea Dworkin (1946), John Barth (1930), and L. Sprague de Camp (1907).

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