| Thomas F. Holgate | |
| Office: | Interim President of Northwestern University |
| Term Start: | 1916 |
| Term End: | 1919 |
| Predecessor: | Abram W. Harris |
| Successor: | Lynn Hough |
| Term Start1: | 1904 |
| Term End1: | 1906 |
| Predecessor1: | Edmund J. James |
| Successor1: | Abram W. Harris |
| Birth Name: | Thomas Franklin Holgate |
| Birth Date: | 8 April 1859 |
| Birth Place: | Hastings County, United Province of Canada |
| Death Place: | Evanston, Illinois, U.S. |
| Resting Place: | Rosehill Cemetery |
| Education: | University of Toronto Clark University |
| Occupation: | Mathematician, academic administrator |
Thomas Franklin Holgate (1859–1945) was a Canadian-born American mathematician and academic administrator. He served as the interim president of Northwestern University from 1904 to 1906 and from 1916 to 1919.
Thomas F. Holgate was born on April 8, 1859, in Hastings County, United Province of Canada.[1] He graduated from the University of Toronto with a bachelor's degree in 1884 and a master's degree in 1889.[1] He earned a PhD in Mathematics from Clark University in 1893.[1]
Holgate joined the faculty at Northwestern University in 1893.[1] He served as its president from 1904 to 1906, and from 1916 to 1919.[1]
Holgate died at his home in Evanston on April 11, 1945.[2] He was interred at Rosehill Mausoleum in Rosehill Cemetery. The Thomas F. Holgate Library on the campus of Bennett College was named in his honor.[3]