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Details are given about Harmer’s family background and public life, including his education; homes in Norwich and Cringleford; marriage to Mary Lyon and their five children, John, Sidney, Edith, Thomas and William, John and Thomas following their father into the family business, Sidney becoming a zoologist and William a consultant surgeon; Harmer’s career in the family clothing business; interests in geology and palaeometeorology; membership of various geological societies and the Royal Meteorological Society; scientific awards; public duties in Norwich, Alderman (1880), Magistrate (1884) and Mayor (1887-1888); membership of two church congregations, first the Congregational Church, Norwich and later St Peter’s, Parish Church, Cringleford. Born in Norwich in 1835 he died in Cringleford in 1923, aged 87; correspondence with Charles Darwin.
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Kington, J.A. (2014). Family Background and Public Life. In: Frederic W. Harmer: A Scientific Biography. SpringerBriefs in Environment, Security, Development and Peace, vol 19. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07704-8_2
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