- Born in Waterloo, England
- Waterbury, CT. resident
- Partner in brokerage houses, C.L. Holmes & Co. and Holmes & Bull
- Collected valuable fossils in Florida and donated them to American Museum of Natural History Museum and volunteer at Museum for 6 years.
- Staff member of vertebrate paleontology at the Museum
- Interested in preservation of wild game, donate land to Connecticut for preserves. Shade Swamp Sanctuary example
- Died November 13, 1944 age 72