William Jacob Holland
William Jacob Holland (born August 16, 1848 in Bethany , Manchester Parish , Jamaica , † December 13, 1932 ) was an American Presbyterian clergyman and scientist and temporarily headed the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh .
Life
William Jacob Holland was a son of the clergyman Francis Raymond Holland and his wife Augusta Eliza and was born in Manchester Parish, Jamaica. In 1851 his parents returned to the USA with him. The family lived first in Ohio , from 1858 in North Carolina and from 1863 in Pennsylvania . He received his education in Salem, North Carolina and at Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania , where he also studied theology. In 1869 he moved to Amherst College in Massachusettsand completed a comprehensive natural science course after his theological training. He then worked initially as a teacher, but at his father's request, he also finished studying theology at Princeton and in 1874 became a pastor in Pittsburgh . It was here that he met his future wife, Carrie Moorhead, whom he married on January 23, 1879.
After serving in various churches, he became an ancient language teacher at the Pennsylvania Female College; In 1891 he became Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh and in 1898 director of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History . He remained in this position until 1922.
In 1877 he took part in the seventh world congress of the Evangelical Alliance , in 1887 in an expedition to Japan that was carried out on the occasion of a solar eclipse . In 1889 he traveled to West Africa . Holland, who has received numerous international awards, was president of the Entomological Society of West Pennsylvania, he was a member of the American Association of Museums, the American Philosophical Society , the Zoological and Entomological Society of London, the American Geological Society and the Royal Society of Edinburgh . He was an honorary member of the Royal Academy of Bologna, the Academy of Sciences of La Plata, the Royal Society of Archeology and Geography of Sweden and the Royal Academy of Sciences of Spain.
His works include The Butterfly Book , The Moth Book , The Butterfly Guide , To the River Plate and Back and numerous smaller publications. Under his aegis, the Carnegie Museum's butterfly collection was greatly expanded. In addition to the Lepidoptera , he was particularly interested in fossil reptiles; The Carnegie Museum's dinosaur collection began with a Diplodocus carnegii that was excavated for the museum .
Web links
- Amherst College Class of 1869. In: Amherst College Biographical Record, Centennial Edition (1821-1921). Amherst College, August 10, 2000, accessed March 15, 2016 (English, biographical data).
literature
- John L. Capinera: Encyclopedia of Entomology . 2nd Edition. tape 2 : DK . Springer Verlag, 2008, ISBN 978-1-4020-6242-1 , p. 1831 , doi : 10.1007 / 978-1-4020-6359-6 ( preview in Google book search).
Individual evidence
- ^ Amherst Graduates' Quarterly. Volume 22, Amherst 1932, p. 144.
- ^ Member History: William J. Holland. American Philosophical Society, accessed October 2, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Holland, William Jacob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American clergyman and scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 16, 1848 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bethany , Manchester Parish , Jamaica |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 13, 1932 |