John Holland
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John Holland is the name of several notable persons in history:
- John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter (1352?–1400), was half-brother to Richard II of England and second husband of Elizabeth Plantagenet, daughter of John of Gaunt.
- John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter (1395–1447), was the son of the 1st duke (above) and father of Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter.
- John Philip Holland (1840–1914) designed submarines for the U.S. Navy.
- John Henry Holland (b. 1929) was a pioneering founder of the optimization methods now known as genetic algorithms.
- John L. Holland a career development scholar [1] (http://www.uc.edu/career/Students/holland.htm)