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Darwin Correspondence Project

Richard Harte

1840–1903

Irish landowner, entrepreneur, and writer. Moved to Kent by 1871. On the council of the Dialectical Society of London, 1871. Emigrated to Australia, 1873; his son, Richard Gerald Harte, was born there in 1875. A patent-holder in Newport, Campbell, Kentucky, by 1880. A journalist in Croydon in 1891, and a writer in New York in 1900.

Sources

Australia, Birth index, 1788–1922 (Ancestry.com, accessed 28 November 2017)

BMD (Death index)

Census returns of England and Wales 1871 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG10/996/46/10), 1891 (RG12/591/44/9)

Debate on Mr. Moncure D. Conway’s paper ‘On marriage.’ April. 1871, London Dialectical Society, p. 2

United States Federal Census 1880 (Newport, Campbell, Kentucky (31B/038), 1900 (Manhattan, New York, New York (16A/0473) (Ancestry.com, accessed 1 August 2017)

Victoria, Australia, assisted and unassisted passenger lists, 1839–1923 (Ancestry.com, accessed 1 August 2017)

Bibliography

BMD: General Register Office, England and Wales civil registration indexes. England & Wales birth index, 1837–1983. England and Wales marriage index, 1837–1983. England and Wales death index, 1837–1983. Online database. Provo, Utah: The Generations Network. 2006. www.ancestry.com.

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