Samuel Harris (1682–1733) was an English clergyman and academic, the first professor of modern history at the

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Life

Born on 9 December 1682, he entered Merchant Taylors' School on 11 September 1694, and went to

Peterhouse, Cambridge Peterhouse is the oldest constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England, founded in 1284 by Hugh de Balsham, Bishop of Ely. Today, Peterhouse has 254 undergraduates, 116 full-time graduate students and 54 fellows. It is quite ...

, where he graduated B.A. 1703, M.A. 1707, and was elected fellow. He was Craven scholar of the university in 1701. Harris was ordained in 1708, and became rector of

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. He was elected a

Fellow of the Royal Society Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted by the judges of the Royal Society of London to individuals who have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural science, natural knowledge, incl ...

in 1722. In October 1724 Harris was admitted first Regius Professor of modern history at Cambridge. The professorship was founded by George I in May of that year. He died on 21 December 1733.

Works

Harris's inaugural lecture (in Latin) was printed. He was author also of a commentary on the 53rd chapter of

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, which his widow Mary issued after his death in 1735 (London), and dedicated to Queen Caroline.

Notes

;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Harris, Samuel 1682 births 1733 deaths 18th-century English Anglican priests Fellows of Peterhouse, Cambridge Fellows of the Royal Society Regius Professors of History (Cambridge)