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John Harris Jr. (17 November 1791 – 28 December 1873), was an English artist who specialised in pen-and-ink facsimile work, [1] [2] and Masonic catechetical designs. [3] His father was John Harris (1767–1832), the watercolour painter. [4] His son, also John Harris, continued his work after Harris himself became incapacitated, and after his ...
John Harris Jr. was born in Harrisburg in 1727, then was baptized at Christ Church, Philadelphia at 11 months old and he was figured to have received a formal education in Philadelphia. [1] He then grew up on the frontier in Harrisburg and by August 1748 reached the rank of captain in the Provincial Army created by the Pennsylvania Provincial ...
John Harris (1756–1846) published children's books in England from the end of the 18th century to the mid-19th century, creating innovative and popular new styles. Apprenticed to Thomas Evans he found employment for a short time with John Murray before joining John Newbery 's publishing firm.
John Harris Sr. (1673–1748), trader who settled and established Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; John Harris (surveyor) (died 1772), farmer, land surveyor and political figure in Nova Scotia; John Harris Jr. (settler) (1716–1791), American storekeeper and frontiersman; John Williams Harris (1808–1872), New Zealand trader, whaler, and farmer
The Lexicon Technicum was the work of a London clergyman, John Harris (1666-1719). Its professed advantage over French dictionaries of the arts and sciences was that it contained explanation not only of the terms used in the arts and sciences, but also of the arts and sciences themselves.
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John Harris (born 29 July 1948) [1] is a British artist and illustrator, known for working in the science fiction genre. His paintings have been used on book covers for many authors, including Orson Scott Card, [2] Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Frederik Pohl, Ben Bova, Wilbur Smith, Jack Vance, Ann Leckie, and John Scalzi. [3]
The memorial is located alongside Penn's Creek north of Selinsgrove, near the site where John Harris' group was ambushed, [70] and takes the form of a large piece of granite with two plaques. The upper plaque commemorates the massacre and the lower plaque on the granite block commemorates Harris' ill-fated expedition, [26] reading