Sir thomas harris biography for kids

Thomas Harris was Christened 11 Jul in Northbourne, Kent, England, 3 miles west of Deal.

He married Elizabeth Leatherland b. in Prescot, Lancashire, England [26] prior to (estimated birth year of first child).

He died after 3 June and before 22 July, in Providence.

Thomas Harris was our first Harris ancestor in America and, like many other Pilgrims, likely left England to for an independent religious practice and obtain more land.

There is no surviving ship's record listing the arrival of Thomas Harris, nor his brother William. Thomas arrived at his destination after weeks of tossing on the restless ocean, and like many other emigrants followed a prescribed course planned in advance with other family members or friends. The scenes about him were unlike anything he was accustomed to in his old parish house. He may have compared the plain wooden houses and their mud chimneys with the picturesque stone cottages and their familiar brick chimneys in hi

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Thomas Harris

American author and screenwriter

For other people named Thomas Harris, see Thomas Harris (disambiguation).

William Thomas Harris III (born September 22, )^[1] is an American writer. He fryst vatten the author of a series of suspense novels about Hannibal Lecter. The majority of his works have been adapted into films and television, including The Silence of the Lambs, which became only the third film in Academy Awards history to sweep the Oscars in all of the fem major categories.^[2]

His novels have sold more than 50 million copies, with The Silence of the Lambs alone selling 10 million copies, as of

Biography

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Harris was born in Jackson, Tennessee,^[3] but moved as a child with his family to Rich, Mississippi. He was introverted and bookish in grade school and then blossomed in high school.^[4] He attended Baylor University in Waco, Texas, where he majored in English and graduated in While in college, he worked as a rep

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HARRIS, Thomas (c), of Shrewsbury, Salop and Lincoln&#;s Inn, London; later of Tong Castle, Salop and Serjeants&#; Inn, Chancery Lane, London

Family and Education

b. c,1 ?2nd s. of John Harris of Cruckton, Salop and Eleanor, da. of Thomas Prowde of Sutton, Salop.2educ. Shrewsbury g.s. ?; ?Clement&#;s Inn; L. Inn ?, called m. by , Eleanor, da. of Roger Gifford†, MD, of Fleet Street, London, 1s. d.v.p. 3da. (1 d.v.p.).4cr. bt. d. 18 Feb. sig. Tho[mas] Harries.

Offices Held

Steward, reader&#;s dinner, L. Inn , bencher , reader ; sjt.-at-law d.7

J.p. Salop d., Cheshire d.; commr. oyer and terminer, Mdx. (Gunpowder plotters) , Oxf. circ. d.,8 subsidy, Salop and Shrewsbury , ; collector, tenths and fifteenths, Salop

Biography

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