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J. Henry Harris
Best known for vivid books about Cornwall, this early 20th-century English writer mixed local history, folklore, and everyday coastal life with an easy storyteller’s touch. He also ventured into speculative fiction, showing a wider imaginative range than his regional work might suggest.
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Cornish Saints & Sinners
by J. Henry Harris
About the author
J. Henry Harris was an English writer associated especially with Cornwall. Reliable reference sources identify him as John Henry Harris, born in Birmingham on September 10, 1875, and deceased in Woking, Surrey, on March 18, 1962.
He is remembered for books that drew on Cornish places, customs, and legends, including Cornish Saints & Sinners and other works centered on local life. His writing helped preserve a sense of regional character, making room for fisherfolk, miners, superstition, and village storytelling rather than treating Cornwall as only a backdrop.
Harris also wrote beyond regional subjects. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction notes his 1906 novel A Romance in Radium, a scientific romance involving a winged visitor from another world, suggesting an author comfortable moving between grounded local observation and more imaginative fiction.