James Holman

(1786-1857)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Holman, James, 1786-1857 DNB: Holman, James (1786-1857), traveller LBT ID: JaHolma1857 VIAF ID: 64786670 LOC ID: nr93052526	B/BAP: 1786-10-15 DIED: 1857-07-28
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After a naval career that left him an invalid and suffering from blindness, he became a noted traveller, publishing The Narrative of a Journey through France, etc. (1822).
REFERENCES TO James Holman: Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 14: Private Life Found 1: ¶ 3 Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter IX Found 1: ¶ 7