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Harry Osman Newland (? -1920) was a British sociologist, explorer and author. He was the founder and honorary secretary of the British West African Association, organiser of the West Africa section at the Coronation Exhibition, a member of the Grand Council British Dominions Exhibition, a member of African and Anglo- French societies and Director of Hartley and Moore Ltd. His works include: A Short History of Citizenship (1904), The Model Citizen (1907), Local Government Handbook on Education (1912), Sierra Leone: Its People, Products, Secret Societies (1916), The Planting, Cultivation and Expression of Coconuts, Kernels, Cacao and Edible Vegetable Oils and Seeds of Commerce (1919), The Romance of Commerce (1920) and West Africa (1922).