Leicester Bodine Holland
Leicester Bodine Holland (23 May 1882 – 7 February 1952) was an American architect, art historian and archaeologist and holder of the Carnegie Chair at the Library of Congress. Holland was born in Louisville, Kentucky, the son of Dr. James W. Holland and Mary Boggs (née Rupert) Holland. His father was the Dean of the Jefferson Medical College; and when he graduated from William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia in 1898 Leicester Holland originally intended to also become a doctor. However, instead he went into architecture and after he received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1902 he gained a further Bachelor of Science degree in Architecture in 1904. Later he received his M.A. in 1917 and his Ph.D in 1919, all from the University of Pennsylvania. He trained in architecture with Wilson Eyre in Philadelphia and with Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson of Boston. By 1907 he had set up the partnership of Howell & Holland with Carl Howell, a partnership which lasted until 1912. From then on Holland became interested in archaeology, and eventually he left architecture to follow this interest. From 1913 to 1946 he was a member of the Faculty of the