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James Harris (quarterback)
James Harris may refer to: Politics *James Harris (grammarian) (1709–1780), English politician and grammarian *James Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury (1746–1820), English diplomat *James Harris (Nova Scotia politician) (1777–1848), Canadian politician in Nova Scotia *James Harris, 3rd Earl of Malmesbury (1807–1889), British statesman *James Morrison Harris (1817–1898), United States Representative from Maryland * James Harris (North Carolina politician) (1832–1891), African-American North Carolina politician *James Charles Harris (1831–1904), British Consul at Nice *James E. Harris (1820–1923), American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska in 1897–99 *James Harris, 5th Earl of Malmesbury (1872–1950), British peer and Conservative politician *James Harris (Socialist Workers Party politician) (born 1948), 2000 and 2004 United States presidential candidate for the Socialist Workers Party Science * J. Rendel Harris (1852–1941), English biblical scholar an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Harris (grammarian)
James Harris, FRS (24 July 1709 – 22 December 1780) was an English politician and grammarian. He was the author of ''Hermes, a philosophical inquiry concerning universal grammar'' (1751). Life James Harris was born at Salisbury, Wiltshire, the son of James Harris (1674–1731) by his second marriage to Elizabeth (c. 1682–1744), daughter of Anthony Ashley Cooper, 2nd Earl of Shaftesbury. He was educated at the Salisbury Cathedral School, and Wadham College, Oxford. On leaving university he was entered at Lincoln's Inn as a student of law, though he was not intended for the Bar. The death of his father in 1733 brought him an independent fortune and Malmesbury House in Salisbury's Cathedral Close. Harris became a county magistrate. He was Member of Parliament for Christchurch from 1761 until his death, and Comptroller to the Queen from 1774 to 1780. He held political office under George Grenville: in January 1763 he became a lord of the admiralty, and in April that year a lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
