Thomas Hollis (1659–1731)

For other people named Thomas Hollis, see Thomas Hollis (disambiguation).

Thomas Hollis (1659-1731) was a wealthy English merchant and benefactor of Harvard University. In 1721, he established the Hollis Chair of Divinity at Harvard, with a salary of £80 per year. In 1726, he also endowed a chair in mathematics with the same amount.[1]

References

  1. ^ Wood, Nathan Eusebius (1899). The history of the First Baptist Church of Boston (1665-1899). American Baptist Publication Society. pp. 173. http://books.google.com/books?id=qFwYwvjornAC&pg=PA173&lpg=PA173.