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Holmes, Arthur F. (Arthur Frank), 1924-2011.
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Arthur Frank Holmes was born 1924 in Dover, England. His father was a schoolteacher and a Baptist lay preacher. He committed his life to Jesus Christ at age seventeen. Dr. Arthur F. Holmes earned his B.A. in 1950, joined the Wheaton faculty in 1951, earned his M.A. in 1952, and received his Ph.D. from Northwestern University in 1957. He was named Wheaton's Senior Teacher of the Year in 1966 and 1983. The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) named him Illinois Professor of the Year in 1987. The Chicago Tribune named him Professor of the Year, with highest honors on its 1994 All-Professor Team. His works include eight books, among them "Contours of a World View Ethics; Ethics-Approaching Moral Decisions; All Truth is God's Truth; and The Idea of a Christian College." He also wrote the entry to 'Christian Philosophy' in the fifteenth edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica. He has been involved in the Christian College Coalition, the Society of Christian Philoso
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Arthur F. Holmes
American philosopher
Arthur F. Holmes | |
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| Born | Arthur Frank Holmes March 15, 1924 Dover, England |
| Died | October 8, 2011 (aged 87) Wheaton, Illinois, U.S. |
| Nationality | English |
| Alma mater | Wheaton College (AB, MA) Northwestern University (PhD) |
| Occupation | Philosophy professor |
| Spouse | Alice |
| Children | Paul Holmes, Mark Holmes |
| Awards | Wheaton College Teacher of the Year 1966, 1983; Illinois Professor of the Year 1987; Mark Hatfield Award (from the Coalition for Christian Colleges and Universities) 1998; two (2) honorary doctoral degrees. |
Arthur Frank Holmes (March 15, 1924 – October 8, 2011) was an English philosopher who served as Professor of Philosophy at Wheaton College in Illinois, US from 1951 to 1994. He built the philosophy department at Wheaton where he taught, wrote about the philosophy of Christian education, and participated in the creation of the Society of Christian Philosophers.[1] Wheaton College President Philip Ryken said "It would be hard to think of anyone who has had a greater impact on Christ
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Holmes, Arthur
(b, Hebburn on Tyne, England, 14 January 1890; d London, England, 20 September 1965)
geology, geophysics, petrology.
Holmes came of Northumbrian farming stock and gained his early interest in earth science at Gateshead High School. Entering Imperial College, London, in 1907, he read physics under R. J. Strutt (later Lord Rayleigh) for his first degree; subsequently, under the influence of W. W. Watts, he changed to geology and graduated Associate of the Royal College of Science in 1910. Postgraduate studies with Strutt led him to investigate the application of radioactivity to geology. An expedition to Mozambique gave Holmes experience in field and petrographic work on Precambrian ultrametamorphics and Tertiary lavas and stimulated his interest in geomorphology. Thus were laid the foundations of the three main lines of research to which he was to become a major contributor: geochronology, the genesis of igneous rocks, and physical geology.
From 1912 to 1920 Holmes was demonstrator in geology at Imperial College, teaching petrology, conducting research, an
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