Thomas Henry Holland

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Sir Thomas Henry Holland KCSI KCIE (22 November 1868 - 15 May 1947) was a British geologist and educational administrator. Born in Helston,[1] 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.[2]

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  1. ^ Royal Society archives
  2. ^ Roy M. MacLeod, ‘Holland, Sir Thomas Henry (1868–1947)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Nov 2007
  • ODNB: Roy M. MacLeod, ‘Holland, Sir Thomas Henry (1868–1947)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 21 Aug 2006
Preceded by
Alfred Keogh
Rector of Imperial College
1922–1929
Succeeded by
Henry Tizard
Preceded by
Sir Alfred James Ewing
Edinburgh University Principals
1929–1944
Succeeded by
Sir John Fraser