Background
HOLLAND, W. J. was born on August 16, 1848 in 16 August 1848, near Kingston, Jamaica. Son of Reverend Francis R. Holland and Eliza Augusta, only child of Jacob Wolle of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (United States).
HOLLAND, W. J. was born on August 16, 1848 in 16 August 1848, near Kingston, Jamaica. Son of Reverend Francis R. Holland and Eliza Augusta, only child of Jacob Wolle of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (United States).
Studied at Moravian College, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (United States). Amherst College; Princeton Theological Seminary. Doctor of Divinity; Doctor of Science.
Doctor of Laws.
Pastor Bellefield Presbyterian Church, Pittsburg, 1874-1891. Naturalist to United States Eclipse Expedition to Japan, 1887. Naturalist United States Eclipse Expedition to West Africa, 1889.
Vice president and Chairman Executive Committee of Carnegie Hero Fund Commission since 1904.
Member of College and University Council of State of Pennsylvania, 1895-1901. Chancellor Western University of Pennsylvania, 1891-1901.
Member many learned Societies, Europe and America. RitterdesKdnig-Preuss.
Kronen-Orden.s,III. Kl. mit School., 1908.
Officier de la Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur’Honneur, 1908. Offizier daughter Franz Joseph Ordens, Coin- 982 mendatore della Corona d’ltalia, 1909. Director Carnegie Museum, Pittsburg, since 1898.
Fellow of the Zoological Society. Clubs: University, Union, Golf, Pittsburg. Appalachian Mountain, Boston.
Cosmos, Washington; Authors’, New York