Samuel Harris (1682–1733) was an English clergyman and academic, the first professor of modern history at the University of Cambridge.
[1] Born on 9 December 1682, he entered Merchant Taylors' School on 11 September 1694, and went to Peterhouse, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A.
[2] In October 1724 Harris was admitted first Regius Professor of modern history at Cambridge.
[1] Harris's inaugural lecture (in Latin) was printed.
He was author also of a commentary on the 53rd chapter of Isaiah, which his widow Mary issued after his death in 1735 (London), and dedicated to Queen Caroline.