Born: March 5, 1908, Hewiton, England
[Died] June 2, 1990. New York, New York, United States. British stage and film actor. Born Reginald Carey Harrison. He played urbane but quirky English gentlemen in satires and intellectual comedies. After graduating from secondary school, he became an apprentice at the Liverpool Repertory Theatre at the age of 16. He made his stage debut in London in 1930, and his film debut, "The Great Game," was released the same year. He served in the Royal Air Force during World War II, and after the war, he became a star in films such as Blithe Spirit (1945). He made his American film debut in Anna and the King of Siam (1946). He won a Tony Award for his Broadway play Anne of the Thousand Days (1948-49). His most famous role was as Professor Higgins in the play My Fair Lady (1956-57), for which he won a second Tony Award. He also played the same role in the 1964 film adaptation, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Actor. His last stage performance was in the 1990 revival of William Somerset Maugham's play The Circle, and he continued to perform on stage until one month before his death. He was knighted in 1989. Harrison
Harrison, Thomas Born 1616 in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire
[Died] October 13, 1660, London. A soldier during the Puritan Revolution in England. Born the son of a butcher, he joined the army of the 3rd Earl of Essex when the revolution broke out, and was promoted through successive military achievements. As a leading independence officer, he participated in the battles of Marston Moor and Naseby. He was elected as a member of the House of Commons in 1646. As a radical independence activist, he was in sharp opposition to the Presbyterians, and when the Second Civil War broke out in 1648, he advocated compromise with the Levellers, but later supported O. Cromwell and H. Ireton and suppressed the Levellers. He participated in the trial of Charles I, and signed the death warrant, calling for his execution. In 1649, he invaded Wales, where he sympathized with the ideas of the Fifth Monarchy, and resolved to realize the "rule of the saints." He became a member of the Council of State in 1851, fought in the Battle of Worcester and eliminated the threat of Scotland, and then worked hard to realize a "Saintly Rule" based on radical reforms, but in 1853, when the Protectorate government was established, which was different from his ideals, he broke with Cromwell and was imprisoned twice, in 1855-56 and 1858-59. After the Restoration, he was arrested for refusing to go into exile and was executed as a traitor to the King. Harrison
Harrison, William Henry Born: February 9, 1773, Charles City, Virginia
Died: April 4, 1841, Washington, D.C.
American soldier and politician. 9th president (in office March-April 1841). His father was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. He dropped out of Philadelphia Medical College and joined the army, participating in the campaign to pacify the Indians from 1791 to 1798. He was governor of the Northwest Territory in 1798. He was sent to Congress as a territorial representative in 1799, and served as governor of Indiana Territory from 1800 to 1811. He became special superintendent of Indiana in 1802, and negotiated treaties for the development of white settlements. With the outbreak of the Anglo-American War in 1812, he became a brigadier general, and as commander of the Northwestern Corps, he defeated the British-Indian coalition forces at the Battle of the Thames. In 1813, he became a major general. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1816 to 1819, a senator from Ohio from 1819 to 1821, and a U.S. senator from 1825 to 1828, and was the first ambassador to Columbia from 1828 to 1829. He was elected president as a Whig in 1840. He took office on March 4, 1966, and died one month later. Harrison
Harrison, Benjamin Born: August 20, 1833 in North Bend, Ohio
[Died] March 13, 1901. Indianapolis, Indiana. American politician. 23rd president (in office 1889-93). His great-grandfather was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and his grandfather was the 9th president. He graduated from Miami University in 1852. He moved to Indianapolis and opened a law practice there. During the American Civil War, he fought bravely as the commander of the Indianapolis Volunteer Corps of the Union Army, and was promoted to brevet brigadier general in 1965. After the war, he returned to law. A member of the radical Republican Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from 1881 to 1987, and in 1988 he defeated G. Cleveland to become president. As president, he achieved great things in both domestic and foreign affairs, including the enactment of the Sherman Antitrust Act (1990), the highly protective tariff policy of the McKinley Tariff Act (1990), and the policy of strengthening unity among the American nations through the First American Congress (1989-90). In the 1992 presidential election, he lost to Cleveland because he lacked the support of the Populist Party. After resigning from office, he became a lawyer in Indianapolis. Harrison
Harrison, John Born 28 March 1693, Fallby, Yorkshire
[Died] March 24, 1776. London. English clockmaker. Born the son of a carpenter. In 1714, the British government offered a prize of 20,000 pounds for accurate ship's clocks. The condition was that any clock that would have a longitude error of within 0.5 degrees when it reached the West Indies, measured by the difference between Greenwich time and local time, would be accepted. In 1735, Harrison completed his first chronometer and entered the competition. He continued to work on improving and miniaturizing it, and in 1759 he completed a chronometer that was slightly larger than a pocket watch. As a result of sea trials in 1761 and 1762, this chronometer had an error of just 5 seconds when it arrived in Jamaica, and a longitude error of only 1.25 minutes. It was also designed to keep running accurately while the mainspring was being wound. Harrison won the full prize in 1773. Harrison
Harrison, Wallace Kirkman Born: September 28, 1895 in Massachusetts
[Died] December 2, 1981. New York. American architect. Known for his modern skyscraper designs. From 1947 he served as planning committee chairman for the United Nations headquarters in New York. In designing the secretariat building, he brought a groundbreaking expression to skyscraper architecture by using a large curtain wall and a long slab surface independent of the surroundings on the elevation. His major works include Rockefeller Center (1929-40, New York), the Alcoa Building (53, Pittsburgh), and the Metropolitan Opera House (66, New York). Harrison
Harrison, (Thomas) Alexander Born January 17, 1853 in Philadelphia
[Died] October 13, 1930. American painter in Paris. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and in 1878 went to Paris and enrolled in the École des Beaux-Arts. However, disliking the restrictions of the school, he went to Brittany, where he painted landscapes, mainly of the sea. In 1882, he exhibited "The Castle of Espagne" at the Salon, and gained fame. After that, he won prizes at exhibitions around the country, including the Temple Gold Medal in Philadelphia in 1887. His younger brother, Birge (1854-1929), was also a painter. Harrison
Harrison, Frederic Born: October 18, 1831, London
[Died] January 14, 1923. Bath. British philosopher, biographer, and lawyer. After graduating from Oxford University, he met Comte in Paris in 1855 and was influenced by him. In 1880, he founded the British Positivist Philosophical Society and served as its first president. His major works include The Meaning of History (1862), Order and Progress (75), and Oliver Cromwell (88). Harrison
Harrison, William Born: April 18, 1534, London
[died] 1593. Windsor, Berkshire. English geographer and social historian. After studying at Cambridge and Oxford, he was ordained as a priest and became the rector of Radwinter in 1559. He served as a cathedral councillor at Windsor from 1586. He is known for his The Description of England (1577), which describes Elizabethan society. Harrison
Harrison, Francis Burton Born: December 18, 1873 in New York
[Died] November 21, 1957. Flemington, New Jersey. American lawyer and politician. He opened a law practice in New York and served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York from 1903 to 1905 and from 1907 to 1913. He served as Governor-General of the Philippines from 1913 to 1921, and worked to liberalize the country and prepare for independence. In 1936, he became the first American to become a Filipino citizen. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia About Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Information |
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