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1. United States diplomat who was instrumental in opening Japan to foreign trade (1804-1878)
   - Townsend Harris
    
2. United States linguist (born in Ukraine) who developed mathematical linguistics and interpreted speech and writing in a social context (1909-1992)
   - Zellig Harris, Zellig Sabbatai Harris
    
3. United States author who wrote the stories about Uncle Remus (1848-1908)
   - Joel Harris, Joel Chandler Harris
    
4. Publisher of the first newspaper printed in America (1673-1713)
   - Benjamin Harris
    
5. British marshal of the Royal Air Force; during World War II he directed mass bombing raids against German cities that resulted in heavy civilian casualties (1892-1984)
   - Sir Arthur Harris, Bomber Harris, Sir Arthur Travers Harris
    
6. Irish writer noted for his sexually explicit but unreliable autobiography (1856-1931)
   - Frank Harris, James Thomas Harris

Type of: author, diplomat, diplomatist, full general, general, linguist, marshal, marshall, newspaper publisher, polyglot, publisher, writer

Encyclopedia: Harris, Norman