Joseph Harris (astronomer)

For other people with the same name, see Joseph Harris (disambiguation).

Joseph Harris
BornFebruary 1703
Trefeca, Talgarth, Brecknock, Wales, United Kingdom
Died26 September 1764
London, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
CitizenshipBritish
OccupationKing's Assay Master at the Royal Mint

Joseph Harris (February 1704 – 1764) was a British blacksmith, astronomer, navigator, economist, natural philosopher, government adviser and King's Assay Master at the Royal Mint.[1]

Theophilus Jones, in A History of the County of Brecknock (1805), says that Joseph Harris, married one of the daughters, and heiress, of Thomas Jones, of Tredustan, and that "little has been recorded beyond the information derived from his monument in the church".

  1. ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins; Llewelyn Gwyn Chambers; Evan David Jones. "Harris, Joseph (1704-1764), Assay-master at the Mint". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 February 2024.