Laura Virginia Holland (1915-2010) was an American author. She was born in Lincoln, Illinois on November 10, 1915, to David Logan Holland (1888-1981) and Helen Richards Holland (1890-1953), and wen...view moreLaura Virginia Holland (1915-2010) was an American author. She was born in Lincoln, Illinois on November 10, 1915, to David Logan Holland (1888-1981) and Helen Richards Holland (1890-1953), and went on to teach English and speech at various high schools and colleges, including Roosevelt High School in St. Louis, Missouri. She published Counterpoint: Kenneth Burke and Aristotle’s Theories on Rhetoric in 1959. Ms. Holland passed away on December 24, 2010, aged 95, and was buried at Oak Grove Cemetery in Bel-Nor, St. Louis, Missouri.view less