Frank Harris (February 14, 1856(?) - August 27, 1931) was an Irish-American author, editor, journalist and publisher who consorted with many well-known figures of his day.

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Frank Harris was born James Thomas Harris in Galway, Ireland, February 14, 1856 of Welsh parents. At the age of 12 he was sent to Wales to continue his education as a boarder at the Ruabon Grammar School in Denbighshire, a time he was to remember later in his three volume memoirs "My Life and Loves" (1923-1927). Harris was unhappy at the school and ran away within a year.

Emigrating to the US in 1869, he studied at the University of Kansas. In 1878 he married Florence Ruth Adams; she died the following year. Returning to England in 1882, Harris first came to general notice as the editor of a series of London papers including the Evening News, the Fortnightly Review and the Saturday Review, the latter being the highpoint of his journalistic career, with H. G. Wells and George Bernard Shaw as regular contributors.

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