Thomas Hollis (other)
Thomas Hollis may refer to: * Thomas Hollis (1659-1731), English merchant, benefactor of Harvard College, donator of the first town bible to Holliston, Massachusetts, which was named for him. * Thomas Hollis (1720-1774), English author and political philosopher, also a benefactor of Harvard College. *Thomas Brand Hollis (1719–1804), British political radical and dissenter. *Tommy Hollis (1954–2001), American actor who played a supporting role in the 1992 film ''Malcolm X''. See also *Hollis Thomas Hollis Thomas, Jr. (born January 10, 1974) is a former American football defensive tackle. He was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent in 1996. He played college football at Northern Illinois. Thomas also played for the ...

Thomas Hollis (1634–1718)
Thomas Hollis may refer to: * Thomas Hollis (1659-1731), English merchant, benefactor of Harvard College, donator of the first town bible to Holliston, Massachusetts, which was named for him. * Thomas Hollis (1720-1774), English author and political philosopher, also a benefactor of Harvard College. *Thomas Brand Hollis (1719–1804), British political radical and dissenter. *Tommy Hollis (1954–2001), American actor who played a supporting role in the 1992 film ''Malcolm X''. See also *Hollis Thomas Hollis Thomas, Jr. (born January 10, 1974) is a former American football defensive tackle. He was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent in 1996. He played college football at Northern Illinois. Thomas also played for the ...

Hollis Hospital
Hollis Hospital is an almshouse dating from 1703 in Sheffield, England. Thomas Hollis Thomas Hollis (1634–1718) was apprenticed to a John Ramsker, a cutler, and was sent to London in 1654 to manage Ramsker's wholesale cutlery business. Hollis became a dissenter and Baptist. Hollis prospered in London becoming a Freeman of the City of London and a member of the Worshipful Company of Drapers. He was noted for his philanthropy, particularly in his native Sheffield. He was associated with the building of New Hall, the first dissenter chapel in the city and in 1700 the building of a new, larger chapel. In 1703 Hollis bought New Hall and the adjoining house which he converted into Hollis Hospital. He was also a benefactor of St. Thomas' Hospital in London and Harvard College in Massachusetts. Hollis had four children, one of whom was Thomas Hollis (1659–1731) who continued his father's support of Harvard. Hollis Hospital The original Hollis Hospital was at the juncti ...
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Thomas Hollis (1659–1731)
Thomas Hollis (1659 – January 21, 1731)Hollis died in January 1730 by the Old Style calendar in use at the time, but in 1731 by New Style (modern) dating. was a wealthy English merchant and a benefactor of Harvard University. Benefactions As a Baptist and a Calvinist, Hollis required his donations to be used for directed purposes. For example, in 1721, he established the Hollis Chair of Divinity at Harvard, with a salary of £80 per year, with the stipulation that Baptists be included for consideration. This broadening constituted a form of dissent from strict adherence to the orthodoxy of the day, where New England's reform Protestantism was being buffeted by ripples and uncertainties generated by the Glorious Revolution of 1688/9. In 1726, he also endowed the Hollis Chair of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy with the same amount. Hollis also convinced his younger brothers, John and Nathaniel, to contribute substantially to Harvard and thus helped establish a legacy of civil ...
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Thomas Hollis (1720–1774)
Thomas Hollis FRS (14 April 1720, London – 1 January 1774) was an English political philosopher and author. Early life Hollis was educated at Adams Grammar School in Newport, Shropshire, until the age 10, and then in St. Albans until 15, before learning French, Dutch and accountancy in Amsterdam. After the death of his father in 1735, his guardian was a John Hollister. He was trained in this time in public service by John Ward of Gresham College, London. He took Chambers with Lincoln's Inn from 1740 to 1748, though without ever reading law. By this time he was a man of considerable wealth having inherited from his father, grandfather and uncle. Travel and art From 1748–1749 Hollis toured Europe with Thomas Brand (later Brand Hollis) and again during 1750–1753, largely on his own, meeting many leading French philosophers and several Italian painters, among them possibly Camillo Paderni, who wrote him letters about his excavations as the Villa of the Papyri in 1754. Back ...
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Thomas Brand Hollis
Thomas Brand Hollis (1719 – 9 September 1804), born Thomas Brand, was a British political radical and dissenter. Early life Thomas Brand was born the only son of Timothy Brand, a mercer of Ingatestone, Essex, and his wife Sarah Michell of Rickling. He was educated at Brentwood School and Felsted School. He attended the University of Glasgow. There he was a friend of Richard Baron: both were nonconformists influenced by Francis Hutcheson. He turned down the chance to study at the Inner Temple in 1741, but did befriend the political philosopher and writer Thomas Hollis through the inns of court. In 1748–9 Brand toured Europe with Hollis,. He made further European travels from 1750 to 1753. In June 1756 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. Heir to Thomas Hollis On his death in 1774, Hollis left his estate, at Corscombe and Halstock in Dorset, to Brand on condition that Brand added the name of Hollis to his own name. Political activity Brand Hollis sided with the ...
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Tommy Hollis
Tommy Janor Hollis (March 22, 1954 – September 9, 2001) was an American film, television, and stage actor. A native of Jacksonville, Texas, his first major film appearance was in ''Ghostbusters'' as the mayor's aide (1984). He played Earl Little in the Spike Lee-directed movie ''Malcolm X'' (1992). Hollis died in New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ... from complications of diabetes. He had no children. Filmography References External links * 1954 births 2001 deaths Male actors from Texas American male film actors African-American male actors 20th-century American male actors 20th-century African-American people Deaths from diabetes {{US-film-actor-1950s-stub ...
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