Thomas Henry Holland

Thomas Henry Holland

Sir Thomas Henry Holland KCSI KCIE (22 November 1868 - 15 May 1947) was a British geologist and educational administrator. Born in Helston, [ [http://royalsociety.org/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqSearch=(RefNo='MS/768') Royal Society archives] ] he was Rector of Imperial College London from 1922 to 1929 and Principal of the University of Edinburgh from 1929 to 1944. He was also a member of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society. [Roy M. MacLeod, ‘Holland, Sir Thomas Henry (1868–1947)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/33945, accessed 16 Nov 2007] ]

External links

* [http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search2?coll_id=5970&inst_id=18 AIM25: Royal Society: Holland, Thomas Henry (1868-1947) ] at www.aim25.ac.uk
* http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/aboutimperial/imperial_people/pastrectors/holland

References

* ODNB: Roy M. MacLeod, ‘Holland, Sir Thomas Henry (1868–1947)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/33945, accessed 21 Aug 2006]


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