Adrian Swayne Hollis (2 August 1940 – 26 February 2013) was an English classical scholar and correspondence chess grandmaster , the title having been awarded in 1976.
13-498: Hollis may refer to: People [ edit ] Hollis (name) , a list of people with either the surname or given name Hollis (singer) , American singer-songwriter Hollis Wong-Wear ( fl. 2013–present ) Places [ edit ] United States [ edit ] Hollis, Alaska , a census-designated place Hollis, Arkansas , an unincorporated community Hollis, Kansas , an unincorporated community Hollis, Maine ,
26-568: A Tutorial Fellow of Keble College, Oxford in 1967, and remained there until his retirement in 2007. During a distinguished academic career his research focused mainly on Hellenistic and Roman poetry. He wrote many important articles on the fragmentary poems of Callimachus and published a full-length commentary on the Hecale in 1990 (second edition 2009, with translation), but also ranged over authors as diverse as Euphorion , Choerilus , Lycophron , Horace , Propertius and Virgil . He also published
39-533: A US Navy destroyer escort Hollis Chair of Mathematicks and Natural Philosophy , an endowed professorship at Harvard University Hollis Professor of Divinity , an endowed chair at Harvard University HOLLIS, acronym for Harvard Library 's online catalog See also [ edit ] Hollis v Vabu , a 2001 decision of the High Court of Australia Holi or Holli, Hindu festival, plural: "Hollis" Štefan Holiš (born 1992), Slovak footballer Holles ,
52-469: A commentary on Ovid 's Metamorphoses VIII (1970) and Ars Amatoria I (1977), and an edition of Fragments of Roman Poetry, c. 60 BC-AD 20 (2007). Hollis was the only child of Sir Roger Hollis , who served as Director-General of MI5 from 1956 to 1965. His uncle Christopher Hollis was a writer and Conservative politician, and he shared a grandfather, the Anglican later bishop -suffragan of Taunton ,
65-506: A list of people with the surname Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Hollis . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hollis&oldid=1153770024 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
78-642: A town Hollis, Mississippi , an unincorporated community Hollis, Missouri , an unincorporated community Hollis, New Hampshire , a town Hollis, Oklahoma , a city and county seat Hollis, Queens , a New York City neighborhood Hollis station , a Long Island Railroad station Hollis Garden , a public botanical garden in Lakeland, Florida Hollis Speedway , a racetrack in Heflin, Alabama Elsewhere [ edit ] Hollis Reservoir , Trinidad Other uses [ edit ] USS Hollis ,
91-1012: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Hollis (name) Hollis is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname [ edit ] Adrian Hollis (1940–2013), English classical scholar and correspondence chess grandmaster. Andy Hollis , American game designer Anthony Hollis (1927–2013), British barrister and judge Barry Hollis , English rugby league footballer Charles Hollis , British architect Christopher Hollis (politician) (1902–1977), British schoolmaster, university teacher, author and Conservative politician Crispian Hollis , English Roman Catholic bishop David Hollis (born 1965), American football player Dwayne Hollis (born 1989), American football player Francis Hollis (1884–1955), British clergyman and Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak George Hollis (VC) (1833–1879), British soldier and recipient of
104-893: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Adrian Hollis Hollis was born on 2 August 1940 in Bristol , England. He was educated as a King's Scholar at Eton College , where he won the Newcastle Scholarship in 1958. He then studied classics at Christ Church, Oxford . Hollis represented England for five consecutive years at the World Student Chess Olympiad, from 1960 to 1964 inclusive. In 1960, at Leningrad , he played first reserve board, scoring (+2 =2 -3). In 1961, at Helsinki , he played second board, scoring (+3 =3 -4). In 1962, at Mariánské Lázně , he played first board, scoring (+5 =6 -1). In 1963, at Budva , he played first board, scoring (+6 =3 -0), winning
117-1257: The Victoria Cross Gerald Hollis (1919–2005), British rugby player, naval officer and Church of England priest H. H. Hollis (1921–1977), American science fiction writer Harry Hollis (1913–1982), Welsh footballer Herman Hollis (1903–1934), American Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) special agent Joe Hollis , American football and baseball coach John Hollis , British actor Lee Hollis , Scottish footballer Linda Hollis (born 1951), American historian Mark Hollis (English musician) (1955–2019), British musician Martin Hollis (philosopher) (1938–1998), English philosopher Martin Hollis (video game designer) , game designer Mary Cal Hollis , American political candidate Mick Hollis , English footballer Mike Hollis , American football kicker Patrice Hollis , Playboy Playmate for September 2007 Patricia Hollis (1941–2018), British politician Roger Hollis , British director of MI5 Sam Hollis , British football manager Stanley Elton Hollis , British Army officer and Second World War Victoria Cross recipient Thomas Hollis (disambiguation) ,
130-658: The gold medal for the best score on his board. In 1964, at Kraków , he played first board, scoring (+4 =3 -3). He was British Correspondence Chess Champion in 1966 (jointly), 1967, and 1971; in 1982-87 he won the Ninth Correspondence Chess Olympiad, and in 1998 the World Postal Team Chess Championship as a member of the British team. He represented Oxford University Chess Club in four annual Varsity chess matches (1959–1962), playing on
143-696: The name of several benefactors to Harvard University Tommy Hollis , American actor Given name [ edit ] Hollis Caswell , American educator Hollis Cline , American neuroscientist Hollis Frampton , experimental filmmaker Hollis French , American politician Hollis Price , American basketball player Hollis Robbins , American academic Hollis Thompson , American basketball player Hollis Thurston , better known as Sloppy Thurston, American professional baseball pitcher Hollis (singer) , given name Hollis Wong-Wear See also [ edit ] Holiš , surname [REDACTED] Name list This page or section lists people that share
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#1732844877185156-401: The same given name or the same family name . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hollis_(name)&oldid=1196571436 " Categories : Given names Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
169-518: The top board in the 1961 and 1962 matches. He also played in the (over the board) British Chess Championship a number of times during the 1960s, with a best placing of seventh equal (in 1961). From 1964 to 1967, he was assistant lecturer in the Department of Humanity at the University of St Andrews . He moved back to Oxford to become a university lecturer in classics at the University of Oxford and
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