Lawrence Sealewyn Holmes

Lawrence Sealewyn Holmes, Dr. L. Seale Holmes, M.D., died in London, Ontario, November 27, 1961, at the age of 77. He was a dermatologist and radiologist and a noted philatelist.

Medical career

Holmes graduated from the University of Western Ontario in 1906, and completed postgraduate studies in Chicago and New York. He practised medicine in London, Ontario until he retired. He was a member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and served on the Board of Governors and on the Senate of the University of Western Ontario. He was one of the founding members of the London Academy of Medicine and was its first president.^[1]

Philately

Holmes was a noted philatelist and was, together with the British North America Philatelic Society, who updated the catalogue after his death, author of the Holmes' specialized philatelic catalogue of Canada and British North America, a stamp catalogue of the postage stamps and postal history of Canada. The 1st edition of the catalogue was published in 1935; the 11th, and apparently last, was published in 1968 by Ryerson Press of Toronto.

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