HOLLOWAY, THOMAS (180o-1883), English patent medicine vendor and philanthropist, was born at Devonport, on Sept. 22, 180o, of humble parents. At the age of 28 he came to London where he met Felix Albinolo, an Italian, from whom he obtained the idea for the ointment which was to carry his name all over the world. The secret of his enormous success in busi ness was due almost entirely to advertisement, in the efficacy of which he had great faith. He soon added the sale of pills. He is remembered by the two princely foundations—the Sanatcrium and the College for Women at Egham (q.v.), endowed by him towards the close of his life, more than a million sterling having been set apart by him for their erection and permanent endow ment. In the deed of gift of the college the founder credited his wife, who died in 1875, with the advice and counsel that led him to provide what he hoped might ultimately become the nucleus of a university for women. The philanthropic and some what eccentric donor (he had an unconcealed prejudice against doctors, lawyers and parsons) died of congestion of the lungs at Sunninghill on Dec. 26, 1883.