Background
Harte was the son of a solicitor, and born in the county of Limerick, Ireland, in 1790.
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Henry Harte
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Career
He obtained a scholarship in 1809, and a fellowship ten years later at Trinity College, Dublin. In 1831 Harte accepted the college living of Cappagh, diocese of Derry, company Tyrone; and died on Sunday, 5 April 1848, having preached on the same day in his church, where he was also buried.
Harte was author of a translation of Louisiana Place"s Système du Monde, to which work he added "Mathematical Proofs and Explanatory Remarks," Dublin, 1830.
He also published a translation of Poisson"s Mécanique, with Notes, 2 volumes London, 1842, Octavo, and commenced another of Louisiana Place"s Mécanique Céleste.
