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Miriam Harris (animator)
Miriam Harris may refer to: *Miriam Coles Harris (1834–1925), American novelist *Miriam Goldberg (1916–2017 as Harris), American newspaper publisher *Miriam Duchess Harris, African American academic, author, and legal scholar *Miriam Harris, British politician, candidate in Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1986 and Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1988 *Miriam Harris Murray JP of Dunedin in 1995 Birthday Honours *Miriam Harris, experimental film maker in 2009 Brooklyn Film Festival and contributor to 2016 comics anthology Three Words (book), Three Words *Miriam Harris, character in 2013 American comedy film ''Last Vegas'' {{hndis, Harris, Miriam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miriam Coles Harris
Miriam Coles Harris (July 7, 1834 in Dosoris, Long Island – January 23, 1925 in Pau, France) was an American novelist. She wrote several novels, a book of children's stories and two devotional books. She shunned publicity and wrote her first book anonymously, causing the opposite of the desired effect in that several impostors claimed to be the author, resulting in a literary furore, and more attention than the real author ever foresaw. Life and works Miriam Coles was born into a Long Island family going back to the 17th century. She was descended from Robert Coles who immigrated to America with John Winthrop in 1630. She was educated at St. Mary's Hall-Doane Academy (now Doane Academy) in Burlington, New Jersey, and Mme. Canda's Girls' School in New York City. On April 20, 1864, she married Sidney Smith Harris (1832–1892) of New York, a lawyer, with whom she had two children, a son, Sidney Julius Chambers (ca. 1912) ''The Book of New York; forty years' recollections of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |