Harper
From Academic Kids
Harper is from an old English surname which originally belonged to a person that played the harp or who made harps. Notable owners of the name Harper include:
- Harper Lee (born April 28, 1926), an American novelist, author of the classic 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird.
Harper is the name of some places:
- Harper, Liberia
- Harper, Oregon in the United States of America
- Harper, West Virginia in the United States of America
There was also Harper & Brothers, a publishing company, which founded Harper's Weekly (now Harper's Magazine). After merging with Row, Peterson, & Company to become Harper & Row, it went through another merger and is now known as HarperCollins.
A harper is an older word for harpist, someone who plays the harp.
Harpers are members of a fictional secret society of heroes in the Forgotten Realms Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game world.
For the Canadian politician, see Stephen Harper.
