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John Harris (writer)
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<p>John Harris (c. 1666 – 7 September 1719) was an <a href="/facts/England/U9mE5bGL">English</a> writer, scientist, and <a href="/facts/Anglican/CDICRNVn">Anglican</a> priest. He is best known as the editor of the <i><a href="/facts/Lexicon_Technicum/Rfjd3f6k">Lexicon Technicum: Or, A Universal English Dictionary of Arts and Sciences</a></i> (1704), the earliest of the English <a href="/facts/Encyclopedia/fRsmb4q6">encyclopaedias</a>; as the compiler of the <i><a href="https://archive.org/details/Navigantiumatqu1Harr/page/n11/mode/2up%7CComplete">Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels</a></i> (1744), published under his name; and as the author of an unfinished <a href="/facts/English_county_histories/8LYLK0X7">county history</a> of <a href="/facts/Kent/aYfQI6Fc">Kent</a>. </p>