Person Holland; Sir; Thomas Henry (1868 - 1947); geologist and civil servant Holland Thomas Henry Sir geologist and civil servant 1868 - 1947 British Male Helston, Cornwall, England 22 November 1868 18681122 Surbiton, Surrey, England 15/05/1947 19470515

Surbiton, Surrey, England (after 1946)

geologist and civil servant Geology Education: Normal School of Science and Royal School of Mines, South Kensington; Royal College of Science, London (1888) Career: Berkeley Fellow, Owens College, Manchester (1889); Assistant Superintendent of the Geological Survey of India and curator of the Geological Museum and Laboratory (1890); Director of the Geological Survey of India (1903); returned to Britain (1910); appointed to the Royal Commission on Fuel and Engines (1912); rector or Imperial College London (1922-1929); Principal of the University of Edinburgh (1929-1944). Honours: KCIE 1908; KCSI 1918 Memberships: FRSE FGS British Association (President 1928–1929) Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society Geographical Association (President 1937–1938) Awards/Medals: Murchison medal 1887 Albert Medal 1939 Parents: John Holland, a miller, formerly of Springfield, Manitoba, and his wife, Grace Treloar, daughter of William Roberts, farmer. Spouse: 1) (23 December 1896) Frances Maud Chapman, daughter of Charles Chapman, Deputy Commissioner in Oudh (she died 1942); 2) (1946) Helen Ethleen, daughter of Frank Verrall of Bramley, near Guildford Children: One son and one daughter by Frances Maude Royal Society roles: VP 1924-1925 Fellow 05/05/1904 36 Lazarus Fletcher; Henry Woodward;Richard Lydekker; Wilfred Hudleston Hudleston; John Edward Marr; Henry Alexander Miers; William Johnson Sollas; William Boyd Dawkins William Thomas Blanford; Henry Benedict Medlicott; Jethro Justinian Harris Teall; Thomas George Bonney; Charles Alexander McMahon; William Whitaker Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1948-1949 vol 6 pp 83-114, plate, by L L Fermor International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbm.1948.0021 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Holland%2C+Thomas+Henry RCN 14640 22 Nov 1868 - 15 May 1947 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 05/06/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA6076 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 08/09/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes bd728ad5-c884-43d4-98ea-b4e1a36fbe9c