Martin Harris (actor)
Martin Harris may refer to: * Martin Harris (diplomat) (born 1944), British diplomat and His Majesty's Ambassador to Ukraine * Martin Harris (academic) (born 1944), British academic and former Vice-Chancellor * Martin Harris (footballer) (born 1955), English footballer * Martin Harris (Latter Day Saints) (1783–1875), American Latter-day Saint * Martin Harris (swimmer) (born 1969), English backstroke swimmer * Martin Henderson Harris (1820–1889), Mormon pioneer, LDS Church leader See also * Harris Martin Harris Martin (April 2, 1865 – April 26, 1903) was an American boxer known as "The Black Pearl". He declared himself the first colored middleweight champion of the world after a fight with "Black Frank" Taylor in Minneapolis in 1887. Harris' ...

Martin Harris (diplomat)
Martin Harris may refer to: * Martin Harris (diplomat) (born 1944), British diplomat and His Majesty's Ambassador to Ukraine * Martin Harris (academic) (born 1944), British academic and former Vice-Chancellor * Martin Harris (footballer) (born 1955), English footballer * Martin Harris (Latter Day Saints) (1783–1875), American Latter-day Saint * Martin Harris (swimmer) (born 1969), English backstroke swimmer * Martin Henderson Harris (1820–1889), Mormon pioneer, LDS Church leader See also * Harris Martin Harris Martin (April 2, 1865 – April 26, 1903) was an American boxer known as "The Black Pearl". He declared himself the first colored middleweight champion of the world after a fight with "Black Frank" Taylor in Minneapolis in 1887. Harris' ...

Martin Harris (academic)
Sir Martin Best Harris, (born 28 June 1944) is a British academic and former University Vice-Chancellor. Life and career He was born at Ruabon, Wales, the son of William Best Harris, afterwards City Librarian of Plymouth, and educated at Devonport High School for Boys in Plymouth, at Queens' College, Cambridge and at the School of Oriental and African Studies. He began his academic career at the University of Leicester in 1967, where he lectured in French Linguistics. He spent fifteen years at the University of Salford as a Senior Lecturer, Professor of Linguistics, Dean and, later, Pro-Vice-Chancellor. From 1984 to 1987 he was a member of the University Grants Committee. His first appointment as Vice-Chancellor was at the University of Essex in 1987, where he succeeded the founding Vice-Chancellor, Albert Sloman. His most prominent academic appointment was Vice-Chancellor of the Victoria University of Manchester from 1992 until its dissolution in the formation of the ...
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Martin Harris (footballer)
Martin Harris (born 22 December 1955) is an English former professional footballer who made 107 appearances in the Football League playing on the right wing for Workington and Hartlepool United. He was on the books of Grimsby Town as a youngster without playing for their league side, and also played non-league football for Scarborough, Burton Albion and Cleator Moor Celtic. He went on to manage clubs including Cleator Moor Celtic and Whitehaven Amateurs. Harris was born in 1955 in Doncaster, which was then in the West Riding of Yorkshire The West Riding of Yorkshire is one of three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire, England. From 1889 to 1974 the administrative county County of York, West Riding (the area under the control of West Riding County Council), abbreviated County .... References 1955 births Living people Footballers from Doncaster English men's footballers Men's association football wingers Grimsby Town F.C. players Workington A.F.C. players Ha ...
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Martin Harris (Latter Day Saints)
Martin Harris (May 18, 1783 – July 10, 1875) was an early convert to the Latter Day Saint movement who financially guaranteed the first printing of the Book of Mormon and also served as one of Three Witnesses who testified that they had seen the golden plates from which Joseph Smith said the Book of Mormon had been translated. Early life Harris was born in Easton, New York, the second of the eight children born to Nathan Harris and Rhoda Lapham. According to historian Ronald W. Walker, little is known of his youth, "but if his later personality and activity are guides, the boy partook of the sturdy values of his neighborhood which included work, honesty, rudimentary education, and godly fear." In 1808, Harris married his first cousin Lucy Harris. Harris served with the 39th regiment of the New York State Militia of Ontario County, New York in the War of 1812. He inherited 150 acres. Until 1831, Harris lived in Palmyra, New York, where he was a prosperous farmer. Harris' ...
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Martin Harris (swimmer)
Martin Harris (born 1969) is an English former International competitive swimmer and backstroke specialist. Swimming career Harris represented Great Britain in international championships during the 1990s, spanning 12 years, swimming at 2x Olympics 1992, 1996, 3x FINA World Long Course championships, and 5x FINA world Short Course championships silver Medal 100m backstroke 1993 3x European LC championships bronze medal 100m backstroke 1995 and England 3x at the Commonwealth Games. 1994 - Gold 100m backstroke, 1994 Bronze medley relay, 1998 silver 4x100m medley relay, 2002. During his career, Harris broke more than 50 British long and short course swimming records. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, Harris competed in the men's 100-metre backstroke,. He also swam for the sixth-place British men's team in the 4x100-metre medley relay in the qualifying heats. Thereafter, he became a fixture on the British 4x100-metre medley relay team, winning bronze medals in the ...
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Martin Henderson Harris
Martin Henderson Harris (September 29, 1820 – February 14, 1889) was a Mormon pioneer, LDS Church leader, early Utah horticulturalist, and early colonizer of Harrisville, Utah (for whom the community was named) and Fort Lemhi, Idaho. Biography Born near Mehoopany, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, Harris was the son of Emer Harris and Deborah Lott. He was a nephew of Martin Harris, one of the Three Witnesses to the Book of Mormon, and a descendant of Thomas Harris, companion in exile of Roger Williams, and one of the founders of Providence, Rhode Island. Harris was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in September 1842, by Milton Stow, near Nauvoo, Illinois. Harris served as a guard in Nauvoo to protect Joseph Smith against mob violence. He also served in the Nauvoo Legion and witnessed the laying of the cornerstone of the Nauvoo Temple. After being driven with other Latter-day Saints from Nauvoo in 1846, he resided temporarily in St. Louis, Mi ...
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