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Holmes, William Henry
Born: 1846 AD
Died: 1933 AD, at 86 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Administrator, Anthropologist, Archaeologist
Died: 1933 AD, at 86 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Administrator, Anthropologist, Archaeologist
1846 - Born on December 1st near Cadiz, Ohio. American archaeologist, artist, and museum director who helped to establish professional archaeology in the United States.
1872 - Holmes became interested in geology while serving as artist on a survey of the Rocky Mountains.
1875 - Trained as an artist, his interests turned to archaeology when exploring ancient cliff dwellings in the arid SW with the US Geological Survey.
1884 - After becoming honorary curator of aboriginal ceramics for the Museum, Holmes made his first field trip to Mexico, visiting Puebla, Cholula, Oaxaca, and Mexico City.
1892 - Holmes prepared exhibits for the four hundredth anniversary of Columbus's landfall, including displays of life-size figures of native Americans.
1895 - A visit to the Yucatan while he was curator of anthropology at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, stimulated a major contribution to Mesoamerican archaeology, the illustrated Archaeological Studies among the Ancient Cities of Mexico.
1897 - As chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Holmes resumed fieldwork.
1902 - He worked at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, for much of his career, acting as chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology.
1907 - He traveled to Cuba and Jamaica, and attended inter-American scientific meetings in Chile.
1909 - Holmes simultaneously held the positions Curator of anthropology at the United States National Museum and Curator of the Smithsonian's Gallery of Art.
1916 - He traveled in Guatemala and Honduras, studied Mayan architecture at Copan and collected more pottery.
1920 - The director of the National Gallery of Art.
1933 - Died on April 20th in Royal Oak, Michigan.
1872 - Holmes became interested in geology while serving as artist on a survey of the Rocky Mountains.
1875 - Trained as an artist, his interests turned to archaeology when exploring ancient cliff dwellings in the arid SW with the US Geological Survey.
1884 - After becoming honorary curator of aboriginal ceramics for the Museum, Holmes made his first field trip to Mexico, visiting Puebla, Cholula, Oaxaca, and Mexico City.
1892 - Holmes prepared exhibits for the four hundredth anniversary of Columbus's landfall, including displays of life-size figures of native Americans.
1895 - A visit to the Yucatan while he was curator of anthropology at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, stimulated a major contribution to Mesoamerican archaeology, the illustrated Archaeological Studies among the Ancient Cities of Mexico.
1897 - As chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Holmes resumed fieldwork.
1902 - He worked at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, for much of his career, acting as chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology.
1907 - He traveled to Cuba and Jamaica, and attended inter-American scientific meetings in Chile.
1909 - Holmes simultaneously held the positions Curator of anthropology at the United States National Museum and Curator of the Smithsonian's Gallery of Art.
1916 - He traveled in Guatemala and Honduras, studied Mayan architecture at Copan and collected more pottery.
1920 - The director of the National Gallery of Art.
1933 - Died on April 20th in Royal Oak, Michigan.
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Fantasia and variations on G. Linley's ballad " Thou art gone from my gaze " : for the Piano Forte by William Henry Holmes (Unknown Binding - Jul 7, 2008) |
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The Gipsy's Wild Chant, musical sketch for the Pianoforte by William Henry Holmes (Unknown Binding - Jan 1, 1970) |
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" Highland Echo " for the piano forte by William Henry Holmes (Unknown Binding - Jul 7, 2008) |
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Dream Fairy-land. Valse Brillante for the Pianoforte by William Henry Holmes (Unknown Binding - Jul 7, 2008) |
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Fantasia and variations on G. H. Rodwell's Ballad The Hudson side, for the Piano Forte by William Henry Holmes (Unknown Binding - Jul 7, 2008) |
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Brilliant Fantasia, and variations, on the favorite air sung by Mrs Kelley, in Rodwell's popular romance of Jack Sheppard, etc by William Henry Holmes (Unknown Binding - Jul 7, 2008) |
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