Talk:Doc Holliday

Self Contradiction

The second paragraph says Holliday did not really earn a Dentist degree. The third paragraph under "Early Life and Education" says he did. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:285:8000:A020:DC25:9D61:51F8:58F8 (talk) 00:31, 26 May 2017 (UTC)

Agree. The reference for this claim cites no other sources, either. On the other hand, there are multiple sources for Holliday's degree, including this from the Kansas Heritage Server reference: "For many years it was believed that he went to school in Baltimore, Maryland to learn Dentistry. However, the three main dental schools in Baltimore had no record of a J. H. Holliday ever attending school there. But good news came soon enough, through the efforts of Dr. L.C. Holtzendorff (Valdosta, Georgia), Dr. Donald Washburn (American Dental Association Librarian Services, Chicago, Illinois), and Mr. John Whittock (Librarian, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), it has been verified that John H. Holliday graduated from the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery in 1872." I'm removing the history.net contradiction. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eggyolk2000 (talk • contribs) 00:41, 28 May 2017 (UTC)

Just found further supporting evidence for the above: "It was Doc's cousin, Susan McKey Thomas of Valdosta, who was able to prove his true dental school affiliation. While working on her book "In Search of the Hollidays" (1973) she corresponded with a Dr. Ernest Beerstecher at the University of Texas at Houston, who did some searching through that school's archives and located an old copy of the Dental Times published by the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery which listed the name of John Henry Holliday. Baltimore was surmised by Westerners who were just guessing. Susie remembers old timers in Valdosta talking about how John Henry sailed in and out of Savannah on his way to school in Philadelphia.

John Henry's cousin Robert Holliday of Atlanta attended the same dental school, graduating three years after John Henry. Robert and his older brother George became principals in what was called at the time the Atlanta Dental Depot (now the Atlanta Dental Supply Company), as did several of their descendants. The company is still in business today, one of the oldest and most respected dental suppliers in the Southeast. The Hollidays also had a hand in creating the first dental school in Atlanta, which gave birth to the Emory University School of Dentistry, where my husband received his dental degree." http://disc.yourwebapps.com/discussion.cgi?disc=39627;article=160845 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eggyolk2000 (talk • contribs) 01:05, 28 May 2017 (UTC)