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Benjamin Harris

English publisher · Journalists · Lived 1647 to 1720 · aged 73

Benjamin Harris was an English publisher, a figure of the Popish Plot in England who then moved to New England as an early journalist.

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He published the New England Primer, the first textbook in British America, and edited the first multi-page newspaper there, Publick Occurrences Both Foreign and Domestick, from 25 September 1690.

Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1647 to 1720 · aged 73