George Harris
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George Harris may refer to:
- George Harris, 1st Baron HarrisGeorge Harris, 1st Baron HarrisGeorge Harris, 1st Baron Harris GCB was a British soldier.Harris was the son of the Reverend George Harris, curate of Brasted, Kent. He was educated at Westminster School and at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, he was commissioned to the Royal Artillery in 1760, transferring to an ensigncy in...
(1746–1829), British general - George Prideaux Robert HarrisGeorge Prideaux Robert HarrisGeorge Prideaux Robert Harris was a deputy surveyor and naturalist in Tasmania, Australia from 1803. He described many of the marsupials native to the Island, including the Tasmanian Devil and the Thylacine. He also described some plant species....
(1775–1810), Australian naturalist - George Harris (Unitarian)George Harris (Unitarian)George Harris was an English Unitarian minister, controversialist and editor.-Life:Born at Maidstone in Kent on 15 May 1794, he was son of Abraham Harris, Unitarian minister at Swansea for 40 years. George was at the age of fourteen placed in a Manchester warehouse in Cheapside, London, but,...
(1794-1859), English Unitarian minister in Scotland - George Harris, 3rd Baron HarrisGeorge Harris, 3rd Baron HarrisGeorge Francis Robert Harris, 3rd Baron Harris GCSI , was a British peer, Liberal politician and colonial administrator...
(1810–1872), Governor of Trinidad - George Washington HarrisGeorge Washington HarrisGeorge Washington Harris was an American humorist best known for his character, "Sut Lovingood," an Appalachian backwoods reveler fond of telling tall tales...
(1814–1869), American writer and humorist - George Peter Harris, (ca 1820) co-founder of Australian retailer Harris ScarfeHarris ScarfeHarris Scarfe Department Stores was founded in Adelaide, South Australia in 1849. At its peak, Adelaide was home to several major South Australian department stores , of which Harris Scarfe is the sole...
- George E. HarrisGeorge E. HarrisGeorge Emrick Harris was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.Born in Orange County, North Carolina, Harris moved to Tennessee and thence to Mississippi.He attended the common schools.He studied law....
(1827–1911), United States Representative from Mississippi - George W. HarrisGeorge W. HarrisGeorge W. Harris was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House....
(1835–1920s), American Civil War soldier and Medal of Honor recipient - George Harris (theologian)George Harris (theologian)George Harris was an American College president. He was born at East Machias, Me., and graduated from Amherst College in 1866 and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1869...
(1844–1922), American theologian and academic administrator - George Harris, 4th Baron HarrisGeorge Harris, 4th Baron HarrisGeorge Robert Canning Harris, 4th Baron Harris, GCSI, GCIE was a British politician, cricketer and cricket administrator...
(1851–1932), English cricketer and politician - George Harris (footballer born 1877)George Harris (footballer born 1877)George Harris was an English professional footballer who played at inside-left for various clubs in the 1900s.-Football career:Harris was born in Rocester, Staffordshire and started his football career at nearby Uttoxeter, from where he joined the local Football League First Division side, Stoke...
, English-born footballer who played for Stoke and Southampton - George Bernard HarrisGeorge Bernard HarrisGeorge Bernard Harris was a United States federal judge.Born in San Francisco, California, Harris received an LL.B. from the University of San Francisco School of Law in 1926. He was in private practice in San Francisco, California from 1926 to 1941...
(1901–1983), United States federal judge - George Harris (Worcestershire cricketer)George Harris (Worcestershire cricketer)George Cecil Harris was an English cricketer who played four first-class matches for Worcestershire in 1925....
(1906–1994), English cricketer - George Harris (Carlton President)George Harris (Carlton President)George Harris was a President of Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League from 1964 to 1974 and again from 1978 to 1980. He was regarded as a highly significant figure in VFL-AFL history....
(1922–2007), Australian football club president - George Harris (judoka) (born 1933), American judoka
- George Harris (footballer born 1940)George Harris (footballer born 1940)George Harris is an English-born footballer who played as a Winger in the Football League in the 1960s and early 1970s.After starting with Woking he moved to Newport County for the 1961–62 season, although after 31 League games he moved to Watford...
, English-born footballer who played for Watford and Reading - George "Duke" Harris (born 1942), Canadian ice hockey player
- George Harris (actor)George Harris (actor)George William Harris is a British actor of film, stage, television, radio and musical theatre. His notable roles include Kingsley Shacklebolt in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Captain Simon Katanga in Raiders of the Lost Ark and Clive King in popular medical drama Casualty, where he...
(born 1949), British film, television, and stage actor - George Harris, Jr.Hibiscus (entertainer)Hibiscus was one of the leaders of the psychedelic gay liberation theatre collective group known as the Cockettes in early 1970s San Francisco; in today's theatrical parlance he would be considered to be a "Creative Director".-Early life:Harris was born in Bronxville, New York in 1949 to George...
(1949–1982), changed his name to Hibiscus, American war protester, then actor - George Edward HarrisGeorge Edward HarrisGeorge Edward Harris is a United Kingdom based art photographer who deals with spaces throughout his work. Shown through exhibitions and the web, his most recent commissioned work for Bathysphere Arts toured the UK appearing at various festivals and functions as part of a film Confluence shown...
(born 1964), British art photographer