Oliver Wendell Holmes

Japanese: ホームズ[父]（英語表記）Oliver Wendell Holmes

1809‐94
American physician, poet, and writer. He studied medicine at Harvard University, and continued to write during his time studying abroad in Paris (1833-35) and as professor of anatomy and biology at his alma mater (1847-82). He gained fame through essay-like works such as The Dictator of the Breakfast Table (1858) and the novel Elsie Benner (1861), but he showed no social interest in a society shaken by the slavery issue, the Mexican-American War, and the Civil War, and was even criticized by JR Lowell as a "staunch conservative."

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1809‐94
アメリカの医学者，詩人，作家。ハーバード大学で医学を学び，パリ留学(1833‐35)から母校の解剖学･生物学教授(1847‐82)にいたる間も文筆活動を続けた。《朝食テーブルの独裁者》(1858)をはじめとするエッセー風の読物や小説《エルシー･ベナー》(1861)などで文名を高めたが，奴隷問題，米墨戦争，南北戦争に揺れる社会にあっても社会的関心を見せず，J.R.ローエルにさえ〈徹底した保守主義者〉と批判された。

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