Background
Holladay was born in Spotsylvania County, Virginia in 1805.
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Education
He was educated at the University of Virginia and was a teacher in both Richmond and Charlottesville, going onto become a professor of ancient languages at Hampden–Sydney College.
Career
In 1833 he retired as a professor and entered the Union Theological Seminary at Hampden–Sydney. After graduating from the Seminary, Holladay spent eleven years as a missionary in Persia, but returned to Charlottesville after encountering unusual hardships and trials. Already ill when he was elected as President of Hampden–Sydney College in 1856, he never made it to the campus to take his position and died on October 18, 1856.
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