– March 12, 1958), daughter of Minerva Celia (née Shreve) and Henry E. Skinner, on September 21, 1909, in Berkeley. She was a student at UC-Berkeley and graduated with the class of 1905. They had five children: Samuel Jackson Holmes, Jr. — (February 23, 1912 – November 27, 1973) Marion Virginia Holmes — (later Wagner; August 7, 1913 – April 27, 2000) Avis Celia Holmes — (later Olsen; September 20, 1914 – September 20, 1999) John Warfield Holmes — (March 19, 1920 – November 23, 1996) Joseph Edward Holmes — (June 25, 1926 – July 28, 1995) Samuel Holmes died at Kaiser Hospital in Oakland at the age of 95. Their oldest daughter, Dr. Marion Holmes Wagner, became an obstetrician and gynecologist and delivered over 10,000 babies in the San Jose-South Bay area. Their grandson, Joseph Edward Holmes, Jr., is a landscape photographer in Kensington, California. Bibliography Holmes contributed numerous articles to scientific periodicals and journals, and was the author of several books that included: 1900: Synopsis of California Stalk-Eyed Crustacea. — (California Academy of Sciences). 1906: Biology of the Frog. — (MacMillan). 1911: Evolution of Animal Intelligence. — (H. Holt and Company). 1916: Studies in Animal Behavior. — (R.G. Badger). 1919: Elements of Animal Biology. — (P. Blakiston's Son & Co.). 1921: The Trend of the Race. — (Harcourt, Brace). 1921: Louis Pasteur. — (Harcourt, Brace and company). 1923: Studies in Evolution and Eugenics. — (Harcourt, Brace and Co.). 1924: A Bibliography of Eugenics. — (University Of California Press). 1924: Louis Pasteur. — (Harcourt, Brace). 1926: Life and Evolution: An Introduction to General Biology. — (Harcourt, Brace and Company). 1933: The Eugenic Predicament. — (Harcourt, Brace). 1936: Human Genetics and Its Social Import. — (McGraw-Hill). 1937: The Negros' Struggle For Survival. — (University Of California Press). 1948: Life and Morals. — (Macmillan). See also Eugenics in the United States References Research resources Guide to the Samuel J. Holmes Papers. at The Bancroft Library. 1868 births 1964 deaths Chaffey College alumni University of California, Berkeley alumni University of Chicago alumni University of Michigan faculty University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point faculty University of California, Berkeley College of Letters and Science faculty American eugenicists American zoologists People from Henry, Illinois San Diego High School alumni