Moses Harvey (March 21, 1820 – September 3, 1901) was an Irish-born Newfoundland clergyman, essayist and naturalist. He was born in Armagh,

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, and died in St. John's, Newfoundland. Harvey was of Scottish descent and was educated at the Royal Academical Institute at

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. He became an ordained minister in the

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ministry in 1844. Harvey served at the John Street Presbyterian Church,

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, Cumberland,

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, until he emigrated to St. John's in 1852 with his bride Sarah Anne Browne. He served at St. Andrews Free Presbyterian Church in St. John's. He wrote over 900 articles for the ''

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'' over a 24-year period, some under the pen name ''Delta''. Harvey is the co-founder of the '' Evening Mercury'' newspaper. Harvey studied many aspects of Newfoundland's natural history, most notably the habits of the

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. One species, '' Architeuthis harveyi'', was named in recognition of his work. It was largely through his efforts that the giant squid became known to

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and American

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. Harvey's interests in Newfoundland were varied: he had called for the creation of a cross-island railroad, he was president of the St. John's Athenaeum Society, he pressed for the development of mining in Newfoundland and he also catalogued the rocks, birds and wild flowers of the island. In 1885 he published the book ''Text Book of Newfoundland History.'' His best-known and most prominent book was ''Newfoundland, The Oldest British Colony'', which he co-authored with Joseph Hatton and published in 1883. In 1886, he was elected a

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of the Royal Geographical Society and of the Royal Society of Canada in 1891. Harvey was awarded the honorary degree of LL.D. from

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in 1891. Harvey served as Secretary to the Newfoundland Fisheries Commission and wrote and lectured a remarkable document entitled ''The Artificial Propagation of Marine Food Fishes and Edible Crustaceans'', which was published in the Royal Society's transactions for 1892–1893 (volume 9). He died in 1901.

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* 1820 births 1901 deaths Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society Canadian Presbyterian ministers People from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Irish emigrants to pre-Confederation Newfoundland People from Armagh (city) Canadian people of Ulster-Scottish descent {{canada-clergy-stub

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