Walter Harris (1647-1732) was a physician whose Catholicism caused him trouble early in his career. In 1682 he became a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians where from 1710 to 1732 he was Lumleian lecturer. He published several works on medicine.
Reference:
Elizabeth Lane Furdell, ‘Harris, Walter (1647-1732)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/12422 [accessed 18 July 2013]).
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