Alonzo Holly

Dr. Alonzo Potter Burgess Holly (1865–1943) was a Haitian doctor and diplomat. He served as Haiti's consul to the Bahamas in the 1890s. He later moved to Florida where he became President of the Florida State Medical Association.

Early life and education

Holly was born on 21 September 1865 in Port-au-Prince Haiti. He was the son of James Theodore Holly. The older Holly was the first black Episcopal bishop. He had emigrated to Haiti from the United States. In Haiti, he was the founder of the Orthodox Apostolic Church. followed by Harrison College in Barbados and the Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in Atherstone, England, before attending the University of Cambridge from 1884-1888 and also founded a Mutual Relief Society. to 1903. He remained in the Bahamas and practised for a time afterwards In 1942, Holly presented a paper at the 12th Homeopathic Pan American Congress a treatment for uterine cancer with which he had had a lot of success for more than a decade.

Holly was President of the Dade County Medical Association, and a fellow of the American Electro-Therapeutic Association.

Holly also continued to advocate for his homeland. In 1886, he criticised statements by British diplomat Sir Spenser St John, who made claims about cannibalism in Haiti, by pointed out that the flaws in St John's statements. Holly was also a correspondent of W. E. B. Debois, advocating for unity amongst Black Americans and Haitians. Holly, Dr. Alonzo P. Haiti and Foreign Intervention: Study from the Point of View of International Law. 1902. Printed by H. Chauvet & Co. Accessed 21 Jan 2026 Holly, Alonzo P. "Haytians Not Cannibals." (1886).