Holles
DENZIL, LORD (holz), an English patriot; born in Houghton, Nottinghamshire, in 1599. He entered Parliament in 1624, 162 and at once joined the party opposed to the king's government. He was one of the members of Parliament whom Charles accused of high treason and attempted to arrest in 1642. He was a foremost leader of the Presbyterian party. For having in 1647 proposed to disband the army he was accused of high treason and fled to Normandy. After Cromwell's death, Holles set to work to effect the restoration of the Stuarts; he carried the invitation of recall to Charles at Breda. In 1661 he was created Lord Holles of Isfield. He negotiated the treaty of Breda in 1667. : He died Feb. 17, 1680.
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Holley
ALEXANDER LYMAN, an American metallurgist; born in Lakeville, Conn., July 20, 1832; was graduated at Brown University in 1853. About 1863 he went to England and purchased for Corning, Winslow & Co. the Bessemer patents for the manufacture of steel. The first Bessemer works were built by him in Troy, N. Y., in 1865, and the second plant in Harrisburg, Pa., in 1867. He was Lecturer on the Manufacture of Iron and Steel at Columbia University in 1879-1882. Holley secured about 16 patents, of which the most important was probably that for the detached converter-shell, an improvement in the Bessemer process. His publications include "The Permanent Way and Coal-burning Locomotives of European Railways, with a Comparison of the Working Economy of European and American Lines (1858); "American and European Railway Practice" (1860); "A Treatise on Ordnance and Armor" (1865); etc. He died in Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 29, 1882. A colossal bronze bust of him has been placed in Washington Square Park, New York City, as a testimonial from the mechanical engineers of the United States and Europe.
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Holley (MARIETTA an American author)
2026 Editor's Note: This page uses language about race that was commonplace when the book was published and is offensive by today's standards. The text has been left exactly as it was printed, rather than cut or softened, so that the historical record — including how ordinary such language once was — is preserved. (Ed: ET 2026-07-22) MARIETTA, an American author; born in Ellisburg, N. Y., in 1844. The most noted of her works are: "My Opinions and Betsey Bobbet's," and "Josiah Allen's Wife. "Samantha at Saratoga" (1887) was followed by the adventures of this character in Europe, at the Exposition, among Colored Folk, etc. "Poems" (1886); "Samantha on Women's Rights" (1913); "Josiah Allen on Women's Rights" (1914).
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Holley, Marietta
Marietta (1844-), an American author better known by her pseudonym of Josiah Allen's Wife. She was born in Jefferson County, New York . Her first literary work was in the form of contributions to the Christian Union, Independent, Peterson's Magazine, and other periodicals. Her first book was, My Opinions and Betsy Bobbet's. This was followed by Samantha at the Centennial, My Wayward Pardner, Sweet Cicely, Samantha at Saratoga, Samantha among the Brethren, Samantha at the World's Fair. Miss Holley's writings have been immensely popular. They are of a humorous character, but "Samantha" is, after all, characterized by great good sense.
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Hollingshead
JOHN, an English journalist; born in Hoxton, Sept. 9, 1827. He was a constant contributor to "Household Words," "All the Year Round," etc. In 1868 he became lessee and manager of the Gaiety Theater. His works include: "Under Bow Bells"; " Rubbing the Gilt Off"; "Ragged London"; "Mis- : cellanies Stories and Essays"; "Footlights." Died in 1904.
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Hollis
HENRY FRENCH, United States senator from New Hampshire, born in Concord, N. H., in 1869. He graduated from Harvard in 1892 and after studying law was admitted to the bar in 1893. He practiced at Concord until his election to the Senate in 1913. He was the first Democratic senator elected from New Hampshire since 1852. His term expired in 1919.
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Hollis (II)
IRA NELSON, an American engineer and educator, born at Mooresville, Ind., in 1856. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1878. After serving in the navy as engineer he resigned in 1893, on his election as professor of engineering at Harvard University. In 1913 he became president of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He received honorary degrees from several colleges and was a member of many scientific societies. His published writings include "War College Lectures on Naval Ships" (1892); and "A History of the Frigate Constitution" (1900).
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Hollow Ware
the trade term for all kinds of vessels made of cast or wrought iron, and used for cooking and other purposes.
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Holly
in botany, Ilex aquifolium, a shrub or small tree, 10 to 40 feet high, with glossy leaves. Wild in Europe and Western Asia. The beautiful white wood of the holly is valued by cabinetmakers for inlaying, the bark is used in the manufacture of birdlime, the berries are so violently emetic that six or eight will excite violent vomit; the leaves are said to be equal to Peruvian bark for the cure of intermittent fevers. The root and bark are said to be emollient, resolvent, expectorant, and diuretic. The leaves and berries form, with ivy, the principal material of Christmas decoration.
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Holly Oak
in botany, Quercus ilex, called also the holy oak or common evergreen oak. It is found in the S. of Europe, in the vicinity of the sea, with leaves varying in form, some of them prickly, others entire on the margins. It does not form forests. Its wood is good, but very hard and heavy.
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Holm Oak
Quercus Ilex, a shrublike tree, native of the Mediterranean countries, with holly-like leaves. In its native countries it attains a considerable size and age, but in Great Britain it forms an ornamental evergreen bush of from 20 to 30 feet high, seldom becoming single-stemmed.
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Holmes
then, was a humorist, and no study of American humor can omit his name. His fun was that of the fine gentleman and appealed equally to the head and the heart. He had wit, that intellectual quality which sees incongruities and expresses them in such apt terms of language that a keen mental delight follows; but quite as truly, he had that atmospheric quality of humor which rests upon kindliness, exhibits temperament, and is so close akin to pathos that often the two blend, as does an April day of sun and shower. . . . Dr. Holmes's greatest ambition was to be a poet; yet his achievements in prose, on the whole, outweigh what he did in verse. Familiar and well loved as are certain of his lyrics, he will be longest remembered as an essayist.--Richard Burton.
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