Editing Doc Holliday (section)

== Early life and education ==

[[File:DocHollidayCloseUp.jpg|left|thumb|Holliday's graduation photo in March 1872 from the Pennsylvania School of Dentistry]]

Holliday was born in [[Griffin, Georgia]], to Henry Burroughs Holliday and Alice Jane (McKey) Holliday.<ref name="genealogy2">{{cite web| url=http://www.kansasheritage.org/families/holliday.html| title=John Henry Holliday Family History| publisher=Kansas Heritage Group| access-date=March 30, 2015| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150514215437/http://www.kansasheritage.org/families/holliday.html| archive-date=May 14, 2015| df=mdy-all}}</ref> He was of [[English people|English]] and [[Scottish people|Scottish]] ancestry.<ref name=tanner/>{{rp| 236}} His father served in the [[Mexican–American War]] and the [[American Civil War]] (as a major in the 27th Georgia Infantry).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.cfm|title=Civil War Soldiers and Sailors| website= nps.gov| publisher= The National Park Service|access-date=January 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080814171239/http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.cfm|archive-date=August 14, 2008 }}</ref> When the Mexican–American War ended, Henry brought home an adopted son named Francisco. Holliday was baptized at the First Presbyterian Church of Griffin in 1852.<ref name="valdostascene12">{{cite journal | last=Poling| first=Dean| date=January 1, 2010| title=Valdosta's Most Infamous Resident – John Henry 'Doc' Holliday| journal= Valdosta Scene | volume=VI| issue=1| pages=19–20}}</ref> In 1864, his family moved to [[Valdosta, Georgia]],<ref name="valdostascene12" /> where his father would be elected mayor and his mother would die of [[tuberculosis]] on September 16, 1866.<ref name="genealogy2" /> The same disease killed his adopted brother. Three months after his wife's death, his father married Rachel Martin.

Holliday attended the Valdosta Institute,<ref name="valdostascene12" /> where he received a classical education in rhetoric, grammar, mathematics, history, and languages—principally [[Latin]], but some French and [[Ancient Greek language|Ancient Greek]].<ref name="valdostascene12" />

In 1870, 19-year-old Holliday left home for [[Philadelphia]]. On March 1, 1872, at age 20, he received his [[Doctor of Dental Surgery]] degree from the [[Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery]] (now part of the [[University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine]]).<ref name="genealogy2" /> Holliday graduated five months before his 21st birthday, so the school held his degree until he turned 21, the minimum age required to practice dentistry.<ref name=roberts2006/>{{rp|50}}

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