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Holmes (OLIVER WENDELL JR an American)

OLIVER WENDELL, JR., an American jurist; son of Dr. Oliver W. Holmes; born in Boston, Mass., March 8, 1841; was graduated at Harvard College in 1861; served three years in Massachusetts Volunteers in the Civil War, being wounded three times, at Antietam, Marye's Hill, and Fredericksburg; practiced in Boston, Mass.; became Professor of Law in Harvard Law School, 1882; associate justice of Massachusetts Supreme Court, 1882-1899; chief-justice, Aug. 2, 1899; Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court, 1902; wrote "The Common Law" (1881); "Speeches"; etc.; and edited "Kent's Commentaries."