William Cornwallis Harris
William Cornwallis Harris ( 2 Apreli 1807 - 9 Imphala 1848) abengunjiniyela wetemphi waseNgilandi, umculi kanye nemtingeli.
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Harris bekayindvodzana yaJames Harris waseWittersham, eKent, eNgilandi, kantsi wangena e-Addiscombe Military Seminary aneminyaka lelishumi nakune. Ngemuva kweminyaka lemibili, ngaDisemba 1823, wajoyina libutfo le-East India Company njenganjiniyela eNdiya. Eminyakeni lelishumi nakutsatfu leyalandzela, watfunyelwa etindzaweni letinyenti eNdiya futsi wakhona kuchubeka nekutsandza kwakhe imidlalo yasemaphandleni kanye nekukhombisa tilwane tesiganga.
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Ngo 1836, Harris wafika eKapa ngemkhumbi lobitwa ngekutsi yiBuckinghamshire wahlala iminyaka lemibili kute alulame emkhuhlane. Waba nenhlanhla yekuhlangana naDokotela Andrew Smith, lobekasandza kubuya eluhambeni lwasenyakatfo lapho avakashele khona eMzilikazi eMosega. Kusukela eKapa, wahlela luhambo lwekutingela, lolwalutawutsatsa kusuka nga-1836 kuya ku-1837, kuya eWestern Transvaal nase Magaliesberg naWilliam Richardson weBombay Civil Service, lobekangumgibeli kuloluhambo.