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Harrisson is mainly known as the founder of Mass Observation, a nationwide survey he started in 1937 to find out how the different classes in Britain really lived.
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A paragraph headed "Disappearance of a Millionaire" in a hurried perusal of an evening paper as he rode to an urgent case; a repetition -- several repetitions -- on the newspaper posters of the name Harrisson during the fortnight following, chiefly disclosing supposed discoveries of the missing man, sandwiched with other discoveries of their falsehood -- clue and disappointment by turns.
Somehow Good William Frend De Morgan 1878
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Fenwick answered musingly, "Harrisson," and then paused before saying,
Somehow Good William Frend De Morgan 1878
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I also note that the fact that the anthology, in common with almost all US/British anthologies except for Aldiss/Harrisson excludes most of the world.
TOC: The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF edited by Mike Ashley 2009
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He looks like a young Geroge Harrisson, only bald and old!
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He looks like a young Geroge Harrisson, only bald and old!
Ever Dream This Man? 2009
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Lynn Barber meets David Attenborough, whose latest doc is, for once, is not about animals, but about a human being, Tom Harrisson.
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Harrisson, C. T.; member of Wild's party; visit to the capsized berg, account; Hippo depot; meteorological work at The Grottoes; included in the Eastern summer journey; winch contrived by; account
The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Douglas Mawson 1920
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Harrisson and Kennedy, after battling their way to our tent for a meal, used the second primus and cooker, brought for Harrisson, in their own tent.
The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Douglas Mawson 1920
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From the 25th to the 29th, Kennedy, Harrisson and Jones were employed building an igloo to be used as a magnetic observatory.
The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Douglas Mawson 1920
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