William Hopkins Holyland Explained

William Hopkins Holyland (1807-1882) was an English accountant. He is best known for having co-founded, with Samuel Lowell Price and Edwin Waterhouse, the accountancy practice of Price Waterhouse that now forms part of PricewaterhouseCoopers.^[1]

Career

He first joined the firm of Coleman, Turquand, Youngs & Co. where he became an expert in liquidations and bankruptcies. He became friends with another clerk by the name of Edwin Waterhouse while working there. In 1865, he went into partnership with Samuel Lowell Price and then persuaded Price to recruit Waterhouse into the practice that is now famous.

Holyland retired in 1871.^[2]

He died 20 January 1882 at Hatch Gate, Horley, Sussex.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Book: Accounting for Success: a History of Price Waterhouse in America 1890-1990 . 1993 . Harvard Business School Press . 978-0-87584-328-5 . registration .
2. Web site: PWC s.r.l. History and milestones. 31 October 2021.
3. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1861-1941