early life and education charles john holmes, a multifaceted figure in the art world, was born on november 11, 1868, in preston, lancashire. he attended eton college from 1883 and later attained a scholarship to brasenose college, oxford in 1887. career highlights holmes' career is marked by several notable positions: slade professor of fine art at oxford university (1904-1910) co-editor of the burlington magazine (1904-1909) director of the national portrait gallery (1909-1916) director of the national gallery (1916-1928) artistic contributions and style holmes' writing on art combined the…