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    John Harrison (3 April [O.S. 24 March] 1693 – 24 March 1776) was an English carpenter and clockmaker who invented the marine chronometer, a long-sought-after...
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    John Harrison Surratt Jr. (April 13, 1844 – April 21, 1916) was an American Confederate spy who was accused of plotting with John Wilkes Booth to kidnap...
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    Michael John Harrison (born 26 July 1945), known for publication purposes primarily as M. John Harrison, is an English author and literary critic. His...
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    John Scott Harrison (October 4, 1804 – May 25, 1878) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from...
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  • John S. Harrison Jr. (born 1948) is an American television and film director, screenwriter, musician, composer and actor. He is best known for his collaborations...
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  • John Harrison (1693–1776) was a clockmaker who designed and built the world's first successful marine chronometers. John Harrison may also refer to: John...
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  • decade before the events of "Space Seed". He is given the false identity John Harrison and coerced by Admiral Marcus into building weapons for Section 31 and...
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  • John Harrison (born 1942) is an American ice cream taster, who worked for ice cream company Dreyer's (also known as Edy's) as its "Official Taste Tester"...
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    composer John Harrison (Leeds) (1579–1656), benefactor of the Yorkshire town John C. Harrison (law professor), American law professor John Kent Harrison, television...
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  • multiple people Joe Harrison (disambiguation), multiple people John Harrison (disambiguation), multiple people Jonotthan Harrison (born 1991), American...
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  • characteristics of weird fiction and other speculative fiction subgenres. M. John Harrison is credited with creating the term "New Weird" in the introduction to...
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    Stars. Harrison and his father, Richard Benjamin Harrison, opened the shop in 1989, which they co-owned until his father's death in 2018. Rick Harrison was...
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    Harrison coats of arms The Harrison family of Virginia is an American family with a history that includes politics, public service, and religious ministry...
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    William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was an American military officer and politician who served as the ninth president of the United...
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  • Dune is a three-part science fiction television miniseries written by John Harrison and directed by Greg Yaitanes, based on Frank Herbert's novels Dune...
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    recipients, including John Harrison. Ultimately, the £20,000 reward was not awarded to anyone in a lump sum, although John Harrison did receive a series...
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  • John Harrison alias Hall (by 1498–1548), of Broadbridges in Sullington, Sussex, was an English Member of Parliament (MP). He was a Member of the Parliament...
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    Richard Corey Harrison (born April 27, 1983), or also known by his nickname "Big Hoss", is an American businessman and reality television personality,...
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    member of the Harrison family of Virginia—a grandson of the ninth president, William Henry Harrison, and a great-grandson of Benjamin Harrison V, a Founding...
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    cooled. The invention of the bimetallic strip is generally credited to John Harrison, an eighteenth-century clockmaker who made it for his third marine chronometer...
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    John Harrison Nichols (born February 3, 1959) is a liberal and progressive American journalist and author. He is the National Affairs correspondent for...
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  • Frank Herbert's Dune (category Films directed by John Harrison (director))
    title by Frank Herbert. It is written for the screen and directed by John Harrison, and stars Alec Newman as Paul Atreides, William Hurt as Duke Leto Atreides...
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    John Harrison (1579–1656) was a prominent inhabitant of Leeds, in Yorkshire, England, in the sixteenth and seventeenth century, variously as one of the...
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    media related to Space opera. "Interview with M. John Harrison". Locus. No. 12. December 2003. Harrison discusses his view of the nature of space opera...
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    communications aids. The first true chronometer was the life work of one man, John Harrison, spanning 31 years of persistent experimentation and testing that revolutionized...
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    Henry Harrison. She served in the role for only one month, as her husband contracted pneumonia and died shortly after his term began. Their son John Scott...
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  • Purchase, New York (category Harrison, New York)
    of Harrison, in Westchester County, New York, United States. One myth explains that its name is derived from Harrison's purchase, where John Harrison was...
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    John Harrison Mills (January 11, 1842 – October 23, 1916) was an American artist, businessman and philanthropist who worked in Buffalo, New York, and...
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    Noel John Christopher Harrison (29 January 1934 – 19 October 2013) was an English actor and singer. In the 1950s, he was a member of the British Olympic...
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    John Harrison (born 1967) is a British-born lawyer. He has been the general counsel of Airbus since 2015 and has served as the chairman of Airbus United...
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