John Hollis

(1743 c.-1824)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Hollis, John, 1757-1824 LBT ID: JoHolli1824 VIAF ID: 39242540 LOC ID: nr92033243	B/BAP: 1743 DIED: 1824-11-26
SOURCES: Gentleman's Magazine (December 1824) 566; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Of a London mercantile and dissenting family, he was a religious skeptic and philanthropist who contributed to the Gentleman's Magazine.
REFERENCES TO John Hollis: William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch XVII. 1820-1824 Found 1: ¶ 18