Alfred Holmes [SEP] place of birth
Alfred Holmes
Sgt. Alfred Holmes BEM (1 February 1931 – 1 January 1994) was a Gibraltarian sergeant of the Gibraltar Regiment (now the Royal Gibraltar Regiment). He was a well remembered "Officer-in-Charge of the Apes" who held this position, caring for the Gibraltar Barbary macaques, for over 38 years. He described the macaques as "Gibraltar's greatest treasure".
Early life.
Holmes was a second generation Gibraltarian, born in Gibraltar to Gibraltarian parents "Arthur Frederick Holmes"
km and 25.000 in altitude (achieved after his 80th birthday). He lives in London.
Selected works.
- "The Birth and Rebirth of Pictorial Space", London : Faber and Faber, 1957.
- book reviewed by Alfred Neumeyer in "The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism", Vol. 17, No. 1 (Sep., 1958), pp. 130–131, Blackwell Publishing on behalf of The American Society for Aesthetics
- "Art and Architecture in Italy, 1250 to