Thomas Holloway and his Works

Thomas Holloway amassed a vast fortune in the mid-nineteenth century. Sometime after 1860, he turned his attention to 'expending it with astonishing liberality for the public good'. His two greatest works were the Holloway Sanatorium in Virginia Water, and Royal Holloway College in Egham.

Now, nearly 120 years after its opening, the College is a flourishing university, part of the London University federation. The College has been part of my life for thirty years: here I have gathered together an outline of Holloway's life, and some fragments of College history.

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Pages written by Adrian Johnstone, last updated 1 October 2011.