George Harris
| George Harris LLD, FSA, FRHS | |||||||||||||
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| Born | 1809 | ||||||||||||
| Died | 1890 | ||||||||||||
| Residence |
Cornbrook Park, Hulme, Manchester [1864] Iselipps-manor, Northolt, Southall [1875] | ||||||||||||
| Occupation | legal | ||||||||||||
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Contents
Notes
Office Notes
Manchester Branch President 1867
ASL Council 1867 Member
ASL Council 1868 Member
ASL Council 1869 Member
ASL Council 1870 Member
ASL Council 1871 Vice President
LAS Council 1874 Member
LAS Council 1875 Member
AI Council 1871 Vice President
AI Council 1872 Vice President
AI Council 1874 Member
AI Council 1875 Vice President
AI Council 1876 Vice President
House Notes
Registrar of the Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester
A5 281 George Harris, Cornbrook Park, Hulme, Manchester, to CCB, 4 June 1866 – on the establishment of a Manchester anthropological society; wishes to read paper to Council; hopes to meet the President of the Cheetham Literary, Philosophical and Statistical Society; hopes CCB will come to dine also; invites him to stay
282 Ibid., 8 June – hopes to arrange dinner when CCB is free to come; and to spend a few days with him; expects to establish an influential and important society despite prejudices; disappointed at Council’s rejection of his paper; hopes it will reconsider
1871.02.14 Finance Committee
Foreign Member of the Anthropological Institute of New York
Obit in file
1890.11.25 The death of G. Harris Esq. was announced
Notes From Elsewhere
Harris, George, LL.D., F.SA., vice-president of the Anthropological Institute, the originator of the Historical Manuscript Commission, joint registrar of the court of bankruptcy Manchester 1862-8, acting judge Birmingham county court 1860-2, went the Midland circuit, ..., educated at Rugby and Trin. Coll. Camb., a student of the Middle Temple 4 Dec 1839, called to the bar 13 Jan 1843 (eldest son of George Harris Esq., of Rugby); born 6 May 1809. Iselipps Manor, Northolt, Southall, Middlesex
George Harris (1809–1890) was an English barrister and judge, known as a biographer and legal writer.
In 1876 Harris joined Edward William Cox in founding the Psychological Society, a group interested in psychical research, of which he became a vice-president
Publications
External Publications
wrote autobriography
Civilization considered as a science, &c., &c
author of The Life of Lord Chancellor Hardwick, The true theory of representation in a state, etc. and of Principia prima legum
The True Theory of Representation in a State, London, 1852 ; 2nd edit. 1857. Civilization considered as a Science, in relation to its Essence, its Elements, and its End, London, 1861; 2nd ed. 1872. Principia Prima Legum; or, an Examination and Analysis of the Elementary Principles of Law, London, 1865 (only part i. published). The Theory of the Arts; or, Art in relation to Nature, Civilization, and Man, London, 1869, 2 vols. Supernatural Phenomena: Tests adapted to determine the Truth of Supernatural Phenomena, London, 1874.
House Publications
inaugural address of Manchester branch in AR fir 1867
LAS
tests adapted to determine the truth of supernatural phenomena
the comparative longevity of animals of different species, and of man ... 18 Mar 1872 JAI ii
the concurrent contemporaneous progress of renovation and waste in animal frames ... 18 Mar 1873 JAI iii
on the distinctions, mental and moral occasioned by the difference of sex 1 June 1869
hereditary genius. review
on the hereditary transmission of endowments and qualities of different kinds. 5 Feb 1872
insanity 20 May 1872
the plurality of races AR v