Sydney J. Harris (1917 - 1986)
An American journalist for the Chicago Daily News and later the
Chicago Sun-Times. He was born in London but grew up in Chicago, where he
spent the rest of his life. A Nixon political opponent, he was also a drama
critic, teacher, and lecturer. In 1980–1982 he was the Visiting Scholar at
Lenoir-Rhyne College in North Carolina. For many years he was a member of the
Usage Panel of the American Heritage Dictionary.
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