Oliver Wendell Holmes was born in 1809 in Massachusetts. He went to Harvard to become a doctor. He eventually became the dean at Harvard Medical School, but he is known as a poet and humorist. Holmes wrote the poem “Old Ironsides”.
Oliver Wendell Holmes was born in 1809 in Massachusetts. He went to Harvard to become a doctor. He eventually became the dean at Harvard Medical School, but he is known as a poet and humorist. Holmes wrote the poem “Old Ironsides”.