William Hopkins Holyland (born 1807) was an English

England

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 accountant

Accountant

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. He is best known for having co-founded, with Samuel Lowell Price

Samuel Lowell Price

Samuel Lowell Price was an English accountant. He is best known for having co-founded, with William Hopkins Holyland and Edwin Waterhouse, the accountancy practice of Price Waterhouse that now forms part of PricewaterhouseCoopers.-Career:...

 and Edwin Waterhouse

Edwin Waterhouse

Edwin Waterhouse was an English accountant. He is best known for having co-founded, with Samuel Lowell Price and William Hopkins Holyland, the accountancy practice of Price Waterhouse that now forms part of PricewaterhouseCoopers...

, the accountancy practice of Price Waterhouse that now forms part of PriceWaterhouseCoopers

PricewaterhouseCoopers

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Career

He first joined the firm of Coleman, Turquand, Youngs & Co. where he became an expert in liquidations and bankruptcies. He became friendly with another clerk by the name of Edwin Waterhouse while working there. In 1865 he went into partnership with Samuel Lowell Price and then persuaded Price to recruit Waterhouse into the practice that is now famous.

Holyland retired in 1871.