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Certificate of Death: Holmes, Author
No full textState of Florida death certificate for [Arthur] Holmes, age 38. Handwritten notes on the back
William Holmes McGuffey portrait
No full textThis is a photographic reproduction of an engraved portrait depicting William Holmes McGuffey. McGuffey, who was from Tuscarawas County, Ohio, was a professor at Miami University from 1826 to 1836. Between 1836 and 1845 he served as president of three Ohio institutions: Cincinnati College, Ohio University and Woodward College in Cincinnati. In 1845 McGuffey became a professor at the University of Virginia, where he taught until his death in 1873. He is best known as the author of the popular series of children's textbooks called McGuffey Readers
Gifford Lectures webpage: Holmes Rolston III
No full textDr. Rolston delivered the Gifford Lectures at the University of Edinburgh, Academic Year 1997-1998, in November 1997, with the title "Genes, Genesis and God".Author biography of Dr. Holmes Rolston on the online Gifford Lectures database
[Letter] 1891 October 14, Boston [to] Underwood / O[liver] W[endell] Holmes.
No full textSee also Lowell\u27s 1867 letter to Longfellow in the collection as well as additional letters from Holmes.Holmes states that he has just read Underwood\u27s article on Lowell in the _Contemporary Review_ which he characterizes as an excellent labor of love providing a picture of Lowell\u27s varied gifts. Holmes states that the work has been helpful to him in acceding to Dr. Ellis, President of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and his request; Holmes includes a printed copy of this work from the _Atlantic_ . Underwood\u27s work on Lowell also appeared in a longer book, _The Poet and the Man; Recollections and Appreciations of James Russell Lowell_ [1893], and he wrote on Longfellow and Whittier as well. Himself a man of many talents, Holmes pioneered the germ theory in disease, co-founded the _Atlantic Monthly_ , served as dean of Harvard Medical School, taught medicine for 35 years, lectured in the Boston lyceums, wrote the poem "Old Ironsides" about the U.S. _Constitution_ (1830), and authored a popular series of columns, _The Autocrat at the Breakfast Table_ (serialized in 1857, published as a book in 1858), including his well-known poem "The Chambered Nautilus." Holmes was a member of the Saturday Club along with Lowell who became the first editor of the _Atlantic Monthly_ and insisted that Holmes be a contributor. Holmes\u27 son and namesake became a Supreme Court justice (1841-1935). Francis Underwood was an author and lawyer who helped create the _Atlantic Monthly_. He was the assistant editor for two years. In 1859 he took the position of clerk of the Superior Criminal Court in Boston and later was appointed United States consul to Glasgow (1886). Underwood wrote novels, short stories, and biographies
Holmes Rolston III: interview by Theo Horesh
No full textRolston on how we might more wisely approach the "perfect moral storm" of climate change. Ethicists will watch the worldview, the interpretation, the value choices underlying economic analyses. We are at a hinge point in human and Earth history. We have enormous amounts of power but have not learned to control our appetites. How do we value the extinctions of species we are causing? How do we value diversity on our wonderland planet? What are the dangers of entering an Anthropocene Epoch? We can think of Earth as a promised land, a gift. Rolston has seen radical changes in human attitudes and behaviors in his lifetime. He challenges the millennial generation to press for more caring for Earth.Theo Horesh interviewed Holmes Rolston III in 2013
Correction: Gheyoh Ndzi, E.; Holmes, A. Paternal Leave Entitlement and Workplace Culture: A Key Challenge to Paternal Mental Health. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 5454
No full textAmy Holmes was not included as an author in the original publication [...
Jack D. L. Holmes papers, W.0001
No full textAbstract: Correspondence, manuscripts, journal articles, newspaper clippings, and maps of this professor and Alabama author.Scope and Content Note: The collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, journal articles, newspaper clippings, and maps of this professor and author. The correspondence is primarily between Arrow Printing Company and Holmes about his book,
Honor and fidelity; the Louisiana Infantry Regiment and the Louisiana militia companies, 1766-1821. Most of the articles, papers, and newspaper clippings relate to his research on the early history of the Gulf Coast States, specifically Dauphin Island, Alabama, and Louisiana.One manuscript is in Spanish and is a compilation of approximately ten Spanish documents, edited by Holmes and published in 1963. The documents relate to the settlement of Louisiana, and include a description of the territory written by Governor Esteban Miro and a diary written by Governor Manuel Gayoso de Lemos.Another manuscript is a typescript copy of Holmes's English translation (done in 1980) of "Spanish New Orleans and Louisiana" by Jose Montero de Pedro and Marques de Casa Mena, published in October 1979 by the Centro de Cooperations Iberoamericana.Biographical/Historical Note: Jack David Lazarus Holmes was a Latin American studies historian and writer who often researched topics relating to colonial Gulf Coast history. He was a faculty member in the University of Alabama at Birmingham History Department.Holmes was born on 4 July 1930, in Long Branch, New Jersey. He received his bachelor's degree from Florida State University, master's degree from the University of Florida, and doctorate from the University of Texas. Dr. Holmes died in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1990
Edge piece on South Portland author Hannah Holmes and her latest book, The Se
No full textEdge piece on South Portland author Hannah Holmes and her latest book, The Secret Life of Dust: From the Cosmos to the Kitchen Counter, the Big Consequences of Little Things. Holmes will read from the book at Longfellow Books in Portland Sept. 4, and at Nonesuch Books in South Portland Sept. 20
Book design: David Holmes – A Brush with the Music of Time
No full textDavid Holmes: Book author
Phil Cleaver: As the designer of this book I conceived the size of the book, the way the book is bound, and the slip case. I laid out the order of the work as the art editor, authored the work and inserts of text on smaller page size, conceived numbering the page numbers backwards, typeset the text and did the whole print production of the book. It won Best book in Britain award 2017/18
Ex-Sheriff in Holmes Testifies
No full textReport on the testimony of former Holmes County (Miss.) Sheriff Andrew P. Smith that he has not allowed African Americans in his county to pay poll taxes for the last 12 years; Source: Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.)https://egrove.olemiss.edu/jws_clip/1100/thumbnail.jp
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