John Harris
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1666 – 1719
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Who was John Harris?
John Harris was an English writer, scientist, and Anglican priest. He is best known as the editor of the Lexicon Technicum: Or, A Universal English Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, the earliest of English encyclopaedias; as the compiler of the Collection of Voyages and Travels, published under his name; and as the author of an unfinished county history of Kent.
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- Born
- 1666
Shropshire - Nationality
- England
- Education
- Trinity College, Oxford
- University of Oxford
- Died
- Sep 7, 1719
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on July 23, 2013
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