The Honorable Nathaniel Holmes '37 died at his residence, 7 Holyoke Place, Cambridge, on Tuesday, at the advanced age of 86. He was born in Peterborough N. H., and graduated from Harvard in 1837. For many years he practiced law, in St. Louis, Mo., and was a judge of the Supreme Court of Missouri from 1865 to 1868. In the latter year he resigned from the Bench to accept the position of Royall Professor of Law at the Harvard Law School, which he held until 1872. In 1859 he received the degree of A. M. from Harvard. He was also a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences of Boston.
Judge Holmes is best known to the general public by his book entitled "The Authorship of Shakespeare," in which he advocates the Baconian theory. He was a man of large and varied learning and a very interesting talker.
The funeral services will be held at Appleton Chapel tomorrow afternoon at three o'clock.
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