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Sir Thomas Henry Holland KCSI KCIE (22 November 1868 - 15 May 1947) was a British geologist and educational administrator. Born in Helston,[1] he was Rector of Imperial College London from 1922 to 1929 and Principal of the University of Edinburgh from 1929 to 1944. He was also a member of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society.[2]From him comes the first scientific description of the charnockites near Calcutta.[3]

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  1. ^ Royal Society archives
  2. ^ Roy M. MacLeod, ‘Holland, Sir Thomas Henry (1868–1947)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Nov 2007
  3. ^ A. Raman: The Madras charnockite. In: http://www.expressbuzz.com/ Expressbuzz 10 November 2009
  • ODNB: Roy M. MacLeod, ‘Holland, Sir Thomas Henry (1868–1947)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 21 Aug 2006
Preceded by
Alfred Keogh		 Rector of Imperial College
1922–1929		 Succeeded by
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