Background
Holm, Frits Vilhelm was born on July 23, 1881 in Charlottenlund, Denmark. Son of Consul General Frederik P. and Emma G. M. (Bording) Holm.
Holm, Frits Vilhelm was born on July 23, 1881 in Charlottenlund, Denmark. Son of Consul General Frederik P. and Emma G. M. (Bording) Holm.
Educated private and government Latin schools, 1887-1895, and Danish Royal Navy, 1895-1900. Doctor of Civil Law, Susquehanna U. Doctor of Laws, Lincoln Memorial University, Doctor of Letters, Thiel College.
West. L. Green, president American Bank Note Company, October 9, 1919. In journalism Far East, United States of America, and Europe, since 1901. Royal sworn interpreter, 1905-1921.
Commanded, 1907-1908, the Holm-Nestorian Expedition to Sian-fu, bringing out from far interior North.W. China a 2-ton replica of famous Nestorian Monument of Anno Domini 781, in Metropolitan Museum of New York, 1908-1916, now permanently in the Lateran, Rome, and of which has presented 9-foot casts to 14 countries.
Commissioners, Bachelor of Agricultural Science, 1913-1916. Chief of naval staff, F.A.C., 1914-1917.
Mission to Vatican, 1916-1917. American war-correspondent in North. Europe, 1917-1918.
Commissioner abroad, Cuban Red Cross, 1918-1919.
Brevetted Lieutenant general, Royal Marine Artillery, 1919. Electrical Engineer of San Marino to President Harding’s inauguration, 1921. Honorary professor under Mexican Government, 1923.
Chamberlain to Royal Highness the Count of Caserta, 1923.
Decorations: Grand Cross with Collar of Constantinian Order of Saint George (const. prefix of Excellency). Grand Cross of Orders of Holy Sepulchre (Orthodox), of Danilo I, of Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius, and of Honor and Merit (Cuba).
Knight Commander of Orders of the Redeemer, of Saint Sylvester, of the Liberator. Coronation medal and Royal Red Cross (Spain).
Cambodigan Medal of Merit in gold (France).
35 additional decorations conferred, 1902-1925. Author: The Nestorian Monument, 1909. My Nestorian Adventure in China, 1923 (London), 1924.
His Majesty’s Secret Service (Memoirs of the Duke of Xensi), 1926.
Also numerous magazine articles and addresses. Address: Paris, France.
Married Marguerite, Lady of Grace of Constantinian Order, daughter.
