John F. Kennedy Personal Papers. 1917 - 1963. John F. Kennedy Personal Papers: Historical Documents Collection. 1642 - 1918. John F. Kennedy Personal Papers: Historical Documents Collection: Oliver Wendell Holmes. 11/11/1880 - 9/3/1883. Oliver Wendell Holmes Letter September 13, 1883

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John F. Kennedy Personal Papers. 1917 - 1963. John F. Kennedy Personal Papers: Historical Documents Collection. 1642 - 1918. John F. Kennedy Personal Papers: Historical Documents Collection: Oliver Wendell Holmes. 11/11/1880 - 9/3/1883. Oliver Wendell Holmes Letter September 13, 1883

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Holmes, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1902-1981

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Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy of Brookline, Massachusetts. John Kennedy, the second of nine children, attended Choate Academy (1932-1935), Princeton University (1935-36), Harvard College (1936-40), and Stanford Business School (1941). In 1940, he published a book based on his senior thesis entitled "Why England Slept." The book criticized British policy of Appeasement. In 1941, Kennedy enlisted in the Navy. In August 1943, Kenn...

Holmes, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1902-1981

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Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr., 1841-1935

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Holmes was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to the prominent writer and physician Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. and abolitionist Amelia Lee Jackson. Dr. Holmes was a leading figure in Boston intellectual and literary circles. Mrs. Holmes was connected to the leading families; Henry James Sr., Ralph Waldo Emerson and other transcendentalists were family friends. Known as "Wendell" in his youth, Holmes, Henry James Jr. and William James became lifelong friends. Holmes accordingly grew up in an atmospher...