When was John Harris born and when did he die?
John Harris was born around 1666, probably in Shropshire, and he died on the 7th of September 1719.
Questions about John Harris (writer)
Short answers, pulled from the story.
What is John Harris best known for writing?
John Harris is best known for editing the Lexicon Technicum, a 1704 dictionary of arts and sciences described as the earliest of its kind in English. He also compiled the Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels, published under his name in 1744, and began an unfinished History of Kent.
What scientific discovery is John Harris credited with?
John Harris is credited with the first recorded description of what would later be called a bdelloid rotifer. His findings on these tiny organisms, then called animalcula, appeared in the Royal Society's Philosophical Transactions after his election as a Fellow in 1696.
Where did John Harris serve as a clergyman?
John Harris served as vicar of Icklesham in Sussex and rector of St Thomas, Winchelsea, and later held a prebend in Rochester Cathedral from 1708 and the rectory of the united London parishes of St Mildred, Bread Street, and St Margaret Moses.
Why did John Harris quarrel with Charles Humphreys?
John Harris, a Whig, quarreled bitterly with the Rev. Charles Humphreys over politics. Humphreys later became chaplain to the High-Church Tory Henry Sacheverell.
What happened to John Harris's History of Kent?
John Harris's History of Kent was left unfinished at his death, with only the first of a planned five parts ever published. D. Midwinter of St Paul's Churchyard, London, printed that volume in 1719, the same year Harris died in poverty from mismanaging his own affairs.