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Holmes, William Henry

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Holmes, William Henry (1846-1933)

US archaeologist and artist. He was a geologist and outstanding illustrator who turned to archaeology while working for the US Geological Survey in 1875 and became an expert on southwestern Indian art and prehistoric ceramics and stone implements. His works include the standard Handbook of Aboriginal American Antiquities 1919. He was chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology 1902-09 and director of the National Gallery of Art 1920-32.

He was born near Cadiz, Ohio.
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