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HARRIS, JAMES (1709-1780)

This article appears in Volume V13, Page 20 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: HAN-HEG
HARRIS, JAMES (1709-1780) , English grammarian, was born at
Salisbury
  on the loth of July 1709. He was educated at the grammar school in the Close at
Salisbury
 , and at Wadham College,
Oxford
 . On leaving the university he was entered at Lincoln's Inn as a student of law, though not intended for the bar. The death of his father in 1733 placed him in possession of an independent fortune and of the
house
  in Salisbury Close. He became a county
magistrate
 , and represented Christchurch in
parliament
  from 1761 till his death, and was comptroller to the queen from 1774 to 1780. He held office under Lord Grenville, retiring with him in 1765. The decided bent of his mind had always been towards the Greek and Latin classics; and to the study of these, especially of Aristotle, he applied himself with unremitting assiduity during a period of fourteen or fifteen
years. He published in 1744 three treatiseson art; on music, painting and poetry; and on happiness. In 1751 appeared the
work
  by which he became best known, Hermes, a philosophical inquiry concerning universal grammar. He also published Philosophical Arrangements and Philosophical Inquiries. Harris was a
great
  lover of music, and adapted the words for a selection from Italian and German composers, published by the cathedral organist, James Corfe. He died on the 22nd of December 1780.
His works were collected and published in 18o1, by his son, the first
earl
  of
Malmesbury
 , who prefixed a brief biography.


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