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Linda Holloway

Linda Holloway is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Linda Holloway rather than just read about it. In short: Dame Linda Jane Holloway (née Brown, born 10 June 1940) is a Scottish-born New Zealand anatomical pathologist academic, and was a full professor at the University of Otago. Early life Holloway was born in Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland, on 10 June 1940.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

Dame Linda Jane Holloway (née Brown, born 10 June 1940) is a Scottish-born New Zealand anatomical pathologist academic, and was a full professor at the University of Otago.

Early life Holloway was born in Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland, on 10 June 1940. She was raised in that country, and met her husband, New Zealand forester John Stevenson Holloway, the son of John Thorpe Holloway, while he was a student at the University of Aberdeen. She moved to New Zealand in 1970, becoming a naturalised New Zealander in 1978.

Academic career After emigrating, Holloway initially worked in provincial New Zealand, before moving to the University of Otago and Dunedin Hospital in 1975. She held numerous administrative and advisory roles, including medical advisor to the Cartwright Inquiry and being a long-serving member of the Abortion Supervisory Committee. Holloway became a full professor at Otago in 1994, and following her retirement in 2006 was conferred the title of professor emeritus. In the 1997 Queen's Birthday Honours, Holloway was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to medicine. She was elevated to Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2005 Queen's Birthday Honours, and she accepted redesignation as a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit following the restoration of titular honours by the New Zealand government in 2009.

Personal life Holloway's husband, John, was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to forestry and conservation, in the 1998 Queen's Birthday Honours. He died in Dunedin on 1 January 1999. She is the mother of John Holloway.

Selected works Linda Jane Holloway, Like leaves from a tree : common pathways to life and death, 1996 Davis, Ben W., Richard D. Gelber, Aron Goldhirsch, William H. Hartmann, Gottfried W. Locher, Richard Reed, R. Golouh et al. "Prognostic significance of tumor grade in clinical trials of adjuvant therapy for breast cancer with axillary lymph node metastasis." Cancer 58, no. 12 (1986): 2662–2670. Synek, M; Beasley, R; Frew, A J; Goulding, D; Holloway, L; Lampe, F C; Roche, W R; Holgate, S T (1996). "Cellular infiltration of the airways in asthma of varying severity". American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 154 (1): 224–230. doi:10.1164/ajrccm.154.1.8680684. ISSN 1073-449X. PMID 8680684. Bethwaite, Peter B.; Holloway, Linda J.; Thornton, Ann; Delahunt, Brett (1996). "Infiltration by immunocompetent cells in early stage invasive carcinoma of the uterine cervix: a prognostic study". Pathology. 28 (4): 321–327. doi:10.1080/00313029600169274. ISSN 0031-3025. PMID 9007950. S2CID 24761091. McLaren, Kathryn M.; Holloway, Linda; Pepper, Duncan S. (1980). "Human platelet factor 4 and tissue mast cells". Thrombosis Research. 19 (1–2): 293–297. doi:10.1016/0049-3848(80)90431-4. ISSN 0049-3848. PMID 6449755. Bethwaite, Peter; Yeong, Mee Ling; Holloway, Linda; Robson, Bridget; Duncan, Graeme; Lamb, David (1992). "The prognosis of adenosquamous carcinomas of the uterine cervix". BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 99 (9): 745–750. doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.1992.tb13877.x. ISSN 1470-0328. PMID 1420015. S2CID 72936826.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Linda Holloway

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Linda Holloway claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Linda Holloway before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Linda Holloway ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Linda Holloway

In research: Linda Holloway appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Linda Holloway in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Linda Holloway is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1940 births, 21st-century anatomists, Academic staff of the University of Otago, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Linda Holloway outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Linda Holloway in simple terms?

Dame Linda Jane Holloway (née Brown, born 10 June 1940) is a Scottish-born New Zealand anatomical pathologist academic, and was a full professor at the University of Otago. Early life Holloway was born in Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland, on 10 June 1940.

Why does Linda Holloway matter?

Because it connects several biology ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Linda Holloway?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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