Holmes Herbert

Holmes Herbert was a British actor (1882–1956). He was born at Mansfield and died at Hollywood.

Holmes Herbert in brief

Born
1882
Died
1956
Known for
actor
Place of birth
Mansfield

Overview

Born at Mansfield in 1882, died at Hollywood in 1956.

Catalogued works

12 works under this name are catalogued by The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1881 to 1990.

Century of Progress Exposition, Travel, and Transport Building, Chicago, Illinois, Perspective, dated c. 1930/32, conté crayon and charcoal with stumping on board, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1997.338. United States Post Office, Chicago, Illinois, Elevation, dated c. 1930, charcoal on tracing paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1997.69.1. Chicago Tribune Tower Competition, Chicago, Illinois, Elevation Study, dated 1922, brown colored pencil on tan graph ruled paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1996.26. 50 Years Bauhaus Exhibition Poster, dated 1968, offset color lithograph on paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2015.598. James Courage, <i>A Way of Love</i> (1959), with letters from the author, dated 1959, held by Wellcome Collection. Antiquities from Cyprus. Photograph album by A.P. di Cesnola, 1881., dated 1881, held by Wellcome Collection. Eugenics : twelve university lectures / by Morton A. Aldrich [and others]., dated 1914, held by Wellcome Collection. McGill medical luminaries / by Edward H. Bensley., dated [1990], held by Wellcome Collection. 'Executors of medical men', dated 1929, held by Wellcome Collection. 'H', dated 1903-1921, held by Wellcome Collection. Explorers Cuttings Book 1, dated c 1908 - 1912, held by Wellcome Collection. Filed correspondence, dated 1917-1939, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 22 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

13 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Holmes À Court, Vice-Adm. Hon. Herbert Edward, (1869–21 Oct. 1934), Who Was Who, 2007. Herbert Lumley Matthews, BMJ, 2007. Edward Herbert: Handsome, Chivalrous, and Strange, Early Modern Metaphysical Literature, 2001. Herbert Spencer, Prospects, 1994. Herbert, Holmes (Edward Sanger) (1882–1956), Journeys of Desire, 2006. An Uneasy Alliance in the Battle of the Absolute: William James and George Holmes Howison, Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society, 2023. A Reply to Herbert Wechsler's Holmes Lecture "Towards Neutral Principles of Constitutional Law", 1960. Herbert H. Werlin, Governing an African City : A Study of Nairobi. African Publishing Co. New York and London, A division of Holmes & Meier Publishers, Inc. 1974, pp. 308, $ 22.50, 1976. Book Reviews : Herbert H. Werlin, Governing an African City: A Study of Nairobi. African Publishing Co. New York and London, A division of Holmes & Meier Publishers, Inc. 1974, pp. 308, $ 22.50, 1976. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes: 'The Field Bazaar' (Illustrated), 2016. After the pandemic: perspectives on the future trajectory of COVID-19, Nature, 2021. Linguistic Features of Male Characters in Disney Animated Movies, Jordan Journal of Modern Languages and Literatures, 2025. Cloning and expression of human tissue-type plasminogen activator cDNA in E. coli, Nature, 1983.

Digitised editions and texts

9 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Madame X (1929) — Internet Archive. Say It with Songs (1930) — Internet Archive. The Charlatan (1929) — Internet Archive. The makers of Maine; essays and tales of early Maine history, from the first explorations to the fall of Louisberg (1912) — Internet Archive. The makers of Maine; essays and tales of early Maine history, from the first explorations to the fall of Louisberg, including the story of the Norse expeditions (1912) — Internet Archive. The Ship from Shanghai (1930) — Internet Archive. Mr. Wu (1927) — Internet Archive. Untamed (1929) — Internet Archive. The Kiss (1929) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 18 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

the recorded working language is English.

Chronology

  1. 1881Antiquities from Cyprus. Photograph album by A.P. di Cesnola, 1881. (Wellcome Collection).
  2. 1882Holmes Herbert born at Mansfield.
  3. 1912The makers of Maine; essays and tales of early Maine history, from the first explorations to the fall of Louisberg digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1912The makers of Maine; essays and tales of early Maine history, from the first explorations to the fall of Louisberg, including the story of the Norse expeditions digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1922Chicago Tribune Tower Competition, Chicago, Illinois, Elevation Study (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  6. 1929Madame X digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 1929The Charlatan digitised by Internet Archive.
  8. 1930Century of Progress Exposition, Travel, and Transport Building, Chicago, Illinois, Perspective (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  9. 1930United States Post Office, Chicago, Illinois, Elevation (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  10. 1930Say It with Songs digitised by Internet Archive.
  11. 1930The Ship from Shanghai digitised by Internet Archive.
  12. 1956Holmes Herbert died at Hollywood.
  13. 1959James Courage, <i>A Way of Love</i> (1959), with letters from the author (Wellcome Collection).
  14. 196850 Years Bauhaus Exhibition Poster (The Art Institute of Chicago).

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Holmes Herbert”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1344901: Holmes Herbert

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