The Placid Potomac
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William Henry Holmes, known as WH Holmes, was an American explorer, anthropologist, archaeologist, artist, scientific illustrator, cartographer, mountaineer, geologist, and museum curator and director.
William Henry Holmes was born on a farm near Cadiz, Harrison County, Ohio, to Joseph and Mary Heberling Holmes in 1846. December 1 One of his ancestors was Rev. Obadiah Holmes, 1638. emigrated to Salem, Massachusetts. Henry Holmes in 1870 graduated from the McNeely School in Hopedale, Ohio, and later taught drawing, painting, natural history, and geology briefly at the school. in 1889 the school awarded him an honorary AB (Bachelor of Arts) degree. Later, in 1918, Holmes received an honorary doctorate from George Washington University, Washington, for his work and achievements.