Henry Scott Holland (27 January 1847–17 March 1918) was Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford.

Holland was born on 27 January 1847 at Ledbury,[7] Herefordshire, the son of George Henry Holland (1818–1891) of Dumbleton Hall, Evesham, and Charlotte Dorothy Gifford, the daughter of Lord Gifford.

He was educated at Eton where he was a pupil of the influential Master William Johnson Cory, and at Balliol College, Oxford, where he took a first-class degree in greats.

In 1884, he left Oxford for St Paul's Cathedral where he was appointed canon.

[9] In 1910, he was appointed Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford University, a post he held until his death on 17 March 1918.

Because of his surname, Mary Gladstone referred to him affectionately as "Flying Dutchman" and "Fliegende Holländer".

How we shall laugh at the trouble of parting when we meet again!The frequent use of this passage has provoked some criticism that it fails to accurately reflect either Holland's theology as a whole, or the focus of the sermon in particular.

[11] What has not provoked as much criticism is the affinity of Holland's passage to Augustine of Hippo's thoughts in his fourth-century letter 263 to Sapida, in which he writes that Sapida's brother and their love, although he has died, still are there, like gold that still is yours even if you save it in some locker.