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J. Richard Harris

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John Richard ("Dick") Harris (born 1910) is an Irish entomologist, fishing consultant and tackle merchant, and author.

He has been a keen angler and tier of flies from boyhood. He is a sometime merchant seaman, journalist and freshwater biologist. He has been demonstrator in limnology at Trinity College, Dublin. He was a director of Garnetts & Keegan's Ltd, Dublin, gunsmiths and suppliers of fishing tackle, until his retirement in 1984. He wrote An Angler's Entomology, a book about mayflies for fly fishermen. He has been called, "perhaps the greatest living Irish angler-entomologist". He has also been described as, "a large affable man 'with a sharing attitude towards his whiskey and a colourful manner of expressing his trenchant views on fishing, fishermen, journalists, rugby, life and other matters'".[1][2]

Bibliography

Harris, J. R. (1952). An Angler’s Entomology. London: Collins. ISBN 978-0007308187. New Naturalist #23

References

  1. ^ Marren, Peter (1995). The New Naturalists. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0002199971.
  2. ^ Myall, Stephen. "My Family History, Chapter 5". Retrieved 8 December 2014.