1974.1.13

Portrait of William Jacob Holland

1891 – 1901 (Date created)

Oil
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Paintings
0 in L x 24.6063 in W x 29.5276 in H x 0 in D (Object)
(Frame)
Notes: 35 x 32 in. Gilded
American
William Jacob Holland (August 16, 1848 – December 13, 1932) was an accomplished zoologist and paleontologist, and an ordained Presbyterian minister. He was the eighth Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh, between 1891 and 1901, and Director of the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh.
Painting

Portrait of William Jacob Holland

William Jacob Holland (August 16, 1848 – December 13, 1932) was an accomplished zoologist and paleontologist, and an ordained Presbyterian minister. He was the eighth Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh, between 1891 and 1901, and Director of the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh.
Alberts, Robert C. (1987). Pitt: The Story of the University of Pittsburgh 1787-1987. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 0-8229-1150-7.

Holland, W. J. (1898). The butterfly book; a popular guide to a knowledge of the butterflies of North America . New York: Doubleday & McClure. (Reprinted by Dover.)

Holland, W. J. (1913). To the River Plate and Back. The narrative of a scientific mission to South America, with observations on things seen and suggested . New York & London: G. P. Putnam's Sons. (on-line)

"William Jacob Holland" in American National Biography. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.
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