In 1855, the 'Saturday Club' was established in Boston, MA and included which noted author?

The 'Saturday Club', established in 1855, was an informal monthly gathering in Boston, MA, of writers, scientists, philosophers, historians, and other notable thinkers of the mid-19th century. The gatherings led to the creation of the 'Atlantic Monthly' magazine, to which many of the members contributed. The name was suggested by one of the early members, magazine contributor, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809-1894)

In 1884, Holmes published a poem entitled 'At the Saturday Club' in which he reminisced about the gatherings. By then, many of its members were dead. Ralph Waldo Emerson's son, Edward Waldo Emerson, published two books about the 'Saturday Club' and its members in the early 20th century. A version of the 'Saturday Club' still exists in Boston.

Holmes was an American physician, poet, and polymath (person knowledgeable in a significant number of subjects). His birthplace in Cambridge, MA was in Harvard Yard, close to Harvard College where he received his advanced education. Other noted literary elites who were also members of the 'Saturday Club' included Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and James Russell Lowell. Holmes made an indelible imprint on the literary world of the 19th century.

One of his most famous works, 'Old Ironsides', was published in 1830 and was influential in the eventual preservation of the 'USS Constitution', the world's oldest commissioned naval vessel still afloat today.