George Prideaux Robert Harris
English explorer, artist and naturalist. Deputy surveyor of Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania)
About George Prideaux Robert Harris
Lived 1775 – 1810 (aged 34–35). George Prideaux Robert Harris was an Australian zoologist.
Didelphis ursina (top) and Didelphis cynocephala, engraving after a drawing by Harris.
George Prideaux Robert Harris (1775–1810) was the deputy surveyor in the early days of Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania), Australia, from settlement in 1803 until his death in Hobart Town in 1810. He was also an explorer, artist and naturalist who described many of the plants and marsupials native to the Island, including the Tasmanian devil and the thylacine.
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Who was George Prideaux Robert Harris?
English explorer, artist and naturalist. Deputy surveyor of Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania)
When was George Prideaux Robert Harris born?
George Prideaux Robert Harris was born in 1775.
When did George Prideaux Robert Harris die?
George Prideaux Robert Harris died in 1810.
What was George Prideaux Robert Harris's occupation?
George Prideaux Robert Harris was a zoologist.
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George Prideaux Robert Harris was Australian.
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