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Last Name Harris

Given Name Moses

alt. Names M. H. ; Moise / Moyse Harris ;

Marriage

Children John Harris (1767-1832)

Year born 1730 in London

Year died 1788 c.

Place of death London

Father's occupation

Relatives entomologist uncle ;

Education poorly educated by his own admission; specialized in entomology ;

Country of Activity England, UK

Worked for MH: Aurelian 1766 & English Lepidoptera 1775 & Expos. English insects 1776-80; Dru Drury: Illustrations of Natural History 1770-82; William Curtis; William F. Martyn: New Dict Nat. Hist 1785; John Coakley Lettsom: Naturalists Companion 1772; Andrew Peter Dupont: Coll. Nat. Curiosities ; Dru Drury (1725-1803) ; John Coakley Lettsom (1744-1815); Will. Fred. Martyn & Emanuel Medes da Costa (1717-1791)

Patronage London Soc. of Entomologists: The Aurelians. Curtis's Botanic Magazine;

Collaborators

Techniques zoological and entomological drawing, copperplate engraving, painting, and watercolour ; hand-colouring ;

Sample(s) www.gla.ac.uk/services/specialcollections/virtualexhibitions/birdsbeesandblooms/bees/mosesharrisanexpositionofenglishinsects/#d.en.212680 ;

Archival sources British Museum of Natural History ms. 18 904-10 ;

Published sources AKL 69 2010:416; ThB16 1923:61; H.B.Weiss: obituary in Science Monthly 23(1926): 560-4; Dance 1989: 60, 77, 103-4, 216; MA Salmon/P Marren/B Harley Aurelian Legacy 2000 ; Nissen: Zoolog. Buchillustration 1969/78 ##1160, 1835-1838, 2464, 2729 & 2785 ; Neri 2011: 185-9 ; Gilbert 2000: 17-8, 46-7, 88-9, 110-1, 134-5 & 148-9 ;

other collector, artist & color theorist, also publ. & illustr. MH: Natural System of Colours 1811.

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