query: what influenced william morris to be an artist?

title: William Morris

text: Charles Faulkner, and Cormell Price. They were known among themselves as the "Brotherhood" and to historians as the Birmingham Set. Morris was the most affluent member of the Set, and was generous with his wealth toward the others. Like Morris, the Set were fans of the poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and would meet together to recite the plays of William Shakespeare. Morris was heavily influenced by the writings of the art critic John Ruskin, being particularly inspired by his chapter "On the Nature of Gothic Architecture" in the second volume of "The Stones of Venice"; he later described it as

title: William Morris (glass artist)

text: William Morris (glass artist) William Morris (born July 25, 1957 in Carmel, California, United States) is an American glass artist. He was educated at California State University, Chico, California and Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Washington. William Morris began his glass career as a truck driver for Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington, where he was first introduced to the material. He then learned the art of glass making and eventually became an instructor at Pilchuck Glass School. Early in his career (late 1970s to early 1980s) he was head gaffer for Dale Chihuly. By the mid 1980s, he began making work

title: William Morris (glass artist)

text: American. He also draws inspiration from the wilderness and the relationship between man and animal. Morris achieved much success during his career and retired in 2007. He is currently represented at Abmeyer + Wood Fine Art in Seattle, WA. William Morris grew up in Carmel, California, United States. Later in life while working as a glass artist, he resided in Washington. During breaks from glass making, he spent time in Idaho's Bitterroot Mountains and Pioneer Mountains and Oregon's Wallowa Mountains and Elkhorn Mountains. After retiring at the age of 49, he now resides in Washington and Hawaii. William Morris (glass

title: William Morris Society

text: Morris, a quarterly members' newsletter and, twice a year, the Journal of William Morris Studies (founded in 1961 as the "Journal of the William Morris Society"). The associated William Morris Society of Canada was founded in 1981 and is based in Toronto, Ontario. William Morris Society The William Morris Society was founded in 1955 in London, England. The Society’s office and museum are located at Kelmscott House, Hammersmith, where Morris lived from 1879 until his death in 1896. The Society aims to make more well-known the life and work of the Victorian designer, artist, writer, and socialist, William Morris (1834–1896)

title: John William Brown (artist)

text: John William Brown (artist) John William Brown (1842–1928) was an English painter and stained glass designer. He was employed by Morris & Co. and later by James Powell and Sons, before he became a freelance designer, when he continued to undertake commissions for Powell's. His major works include the Lady Chapel windows and the east window of Liverpool Cathedral. Brown was born in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1842, and he trained as an artist under William Bell Scott, a friend of William Morris. In the late 1860s he moved to London and worked with Morris & Co. In 1874 he

title: William Morris

text: SPAB as Morris' greatest achievement. Morris's next biographer was Burne-Jones' son-in-law John William Mackail, who authored the two-volume "Life of William Morris" (1899) in which he provided a sympathetic portrayal of Morris that largely omitted his political activities, treating them as a passing phase that Morris overcame. MacCarthy's biography, "William Morris: A Life for Our Time", was first published in 1994 and a paperback edition was published by Faber and Faber in 2010. For the 2013 Venice Biennale, artist Jeremy Deller selected Morris as the subject of a large-scale mural titled "We Sit Starving Amidst our Gold", in which Morris

title: William Morris (glass artist)

text: on his own. He has developed his work in collaboration with artists like Ross Richmond, Karen Willenbrink-Johnsen, Jon Ormbrek, Rik Allen, Randy Walker and Trumaine Mason. Morris and his team maintained the William Morris Studio, WA, throughout its duration. Morris also spent time in the late 1980s in Italy learning from Venetian masters. Morris' work is an attempt to add to the archeological record of humankind. Instead of focusing on glass's natural beauty, he uses the medium's ability to transform into wood, bone, fiber, and sinew. He is inspired by ancient civilizations, such as Egyptian, Asian, Native American and Latin

title: William Morris Jr.

text: on his list of subversive organizations and Morris was deemed to be "very friendly to Communist writers and exceedingly unfriendly to anti-Communist writers." He was divorced from Jerry Morris. He died in 1989 in Malibu, California. There were no survivors. William Morris Jr. William Morris Jr. (1899-November 3, 1989) was an American talent agent and former president of the William Morris Agency. William Morris Jr. is the son of William Morris Sr., a Jewish immigrant from Germany. In 1898, his father founded the William Morris Agency which represented vaudeville artists. In 1918, he went to work for his father's firm

title: William Morris Society

text: William Morris Society The William Morris Society was founded in 1955 in London, England. The Society’s office and museum are located at Kelmscott House, Hammersmith, where Morris lived from 1879 until his death in 1896. The Society aims to make more well-known the life and work of the Victorian designer, artist, writer, and socialist, William Morris (1834–1896) and his associates. The Society's programmes involve branches in the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States. Activities include conferences, educational activities, lectures, museum visits, social events, and tours. The Society also publishes books and pamphlets dealing with the life and work of

title: William Morris

text: championed Medieval values as a corrective to the problems of Victorian society. Under this influence, Morris's dislike of contemporary capitalism grew, and he came to be influenced by the work of Christian socialists Charles Kingsley and Frederick Denison Maurice. At the college, Morris met fellow first-year undergraduate Edward Burne-Jones, who became his lifelong friend and collaborator. Although from very different backgrounds, they found that they had a shared attitude to life, both being keenly interested in Anglo-Catholicism and Arthurianism. Through Burne-Jones, Morris joined a group of undergraduates from Birmingham who were studying at Pembroke College: William Fulford, Richard Watson Dixon,

title: William Morris Hunt

text: Salem's Peabody Essex Museum, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and many others. In accordance with a long expressed desire, William Morris Hunt was buried at Prospect Hill cemetery in Brattleboro, Vermont, beside other family members. Two decades after Hunt's death, his former pupil Helen Mary Knowlton published her biography of the Boston painter entitled "The Art-Life of William Morris Hunt". William Morris Hunt and his wife, the former Louisa Dumaresq Perkins, had five children. Morris sat for a full-length portrait by the artist Emanuel Leutze in Düsseldorf in 1864. Formerly part of the collection of Col. Leavitt Hunt

title: William Morris Hunt

text: for a dozen years. During part of that time, William Morris Hunt and his brother Richard Morris Hunt shared an apartment at 1 rue Jacob, close by the École des Beaux-Arts, where William studied painting under Thomas Couture. "From the training and inspiration each of the brothers was to experience in the next several years in France would come great strides for each in his work," writes historian David McCullough. "'Mr. William Hunt is our most promising artist here,' reported Thomas Appleton to his father." Hunt then spent the next two years under the tutelage of Millet in Barbizon before

title: Robert Morris (artist)

text: Robert Morris (artist) Robert Morris (February 9, 1931 – November 28, 2018) was an American sculptor, conceptual artist and writer. He was regarded as having been one of the most prominent theorists of Minimalism along with Donald Judd but he also made important contributions to the development of performance art, land art, the Process Art movement, and installation art. Morris lived and worked in New York. In 2013 as part of the October Files, MIT Press published a volume on Morris, examining his work and influence, edited by Julia Bryan-Wilson. Between 1948 and 1950, Morris studied engineering at the University

title: Robert Morris (artist)

text: times contractually removed from circulation. When a collector, the architect Philip Johnson, did not pay Morris for a work he had ostensibly purchased, the artist drew up a certificate of deauthorization that officially withdrew all aesthetic content from his piece, making it nonexistent as art. Robert Morris (artist) Robert Morris (February 9, 1931 – November 28, 2018) was an American sculptor, conceptual artist and writer. He was regarded as having been one of the most prominent theorists of Minimalism along with Donald Judd but he also made important contributions to the development of performance art, land art, the Process Art

title: William Morris Agency

text: William Morris Agency The William Morris Agency (WMA) was a Hollywood-based talent agency. It represented some of the best known 20th century entertainers in film, television, and music. During its 109 year tenure it came to be regarded as the "first great talent agency in show business". In April 2009, WMA announced it would merge with the Endeavor Talent Agency to form William Morris Endeavor which owns Miss Universe. In 1898, William Morris (born Zelman Moses), a German Jewish immigrant to the US, posted a cross-hatch trademark above an office door in New York City four "X's", representing a W

title: James Morris (artist)

text: in Tokyo and the post-war celebrations in Shanghai. James Morris (artist) James Morris, (1908 - 1989) was a British war artist during the Second World War. Morris worked as a miner in South Wales until 1929 when he moved to London, where he worked as a designer throughout the 1930s, including a spell as an interior designer for Harrods. At the start of World War Two, he worked in civil defence for a brief period before joning the Royal Navy as a signaller. Morris served on Arctic convoy ships including one that was shelled by the Tirpitz. He sold drawings

title: James Morris (artist)

text: James Morris (artist) James Morris, (1908 - 1989) was a British war artist during the Second World War. Morris worked as a miner in South Wales until 1929 when he moved to London, where he worked as a designer throughout the 1930s, including a spell as an interior designer for Harrods. At the start of World War Two, he worked in civil defence for a brief period before joning the Royal Navy as a signaller. Morris served on Arctic convoy ships including one that was shelled by the Tirpitz. He sold drawings and a sketchbook depicting his experiences in Archangel

title: William Morris Sixth Form

text: William Morris Sixth Form William Morris Sixth Form (WMSF) is a mixed community sixth form, located in the Hammersmith area of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, England. It is named after William Morris, the textile designer, artist, writer, and libertarian socialist associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and English Arts and Crafts Movement. WMSF was first established in 1994 as the country’s first 16-19 school. It offers sixth form education to students from over 100 schools across London, however priority is given to local students from Fulham College Boys’ School, Fulham Cross Girls School, Fulham Enterprise Studio and [[Hurlingham

title: William Morris

text: socialist society. Later political activist Derek Wall suggested that Morris could be classified as an ecosocialist. Morris was greatly influenced by Romanticism, with Thompson asserting that Romanticism was "bred into his bones, and formed his early consciousness." Thompson argued that this "Romantic Revolt" was part of a "passionate protest against an intolerable social reality", that of the industrial capitalism of Britain's Victorian era. However, he believed that it led to little more than a "yearning nostalgia or a sweet complaint" and that Morris only became "a realist and a revolutionary" when he adopted socialism in 1882. However, Mackail was of

title: William Morris Agency

text: exists today at William Morris Endeavor. It was famously documented in David Rensin's 2003 book, "". William Morris Agency The William Morris Agency (WMA) was a Hollywood-based talent agency. It represented some of the best known 20th century entertainers in film, television, and music. During its 109 year tenure it came to be regarded as the "first great talent agency in show business". In April 2009, WMA announced it would merge with the Endeavor Talent Agency to form William Morris Endeavor which owns Miss Universe. In 1898, William Morris (born Zelman Moses), a German Jewish immigrant to the US, posted

title: William Morris Jr.

text: William Morris Jr. William Morris Jr. (1899-November 3, 1989) was an American talent agent and former president of the William Morris Agency. William Morris Jr. is the son of William Morris Sr., a Jewish immigrant from Germany. In 1898, his father founded the William Morris Agency which represented vaudeville artists. In 1918, he went to work for his father's firm and helped to diversify the agency into radio and film as the industry changed. In 1930, he moved to Los Angeles to the heart of the film industry and the firm became the first agency to represent both performers and

title: William Morris Gallery

text: Theatre located inside the moat was demolished and made into part of the park. Parts of the park were newly landscaped. A skate park, a new café, gallery space (Winns Gallery), outdoor gym and artist studios in the adjoining Aveling Park were built as part of the same redevelopment project, replacing similar run-down facilities. The Friends of Lloyd Park exists as a not for profit organisation who work to improve the park and help everyone enjoy it. William Morris Gallery The William Morris Gallery, opened by Prime Minister Clement Attlee in 1950, is the only public museum devoted to English

title: William Morris

text: greatly impressed Morris and the Set. Influenced both by Ruskin and by John Keats, Morris began to spend more time writing poetry, in a style that was imitative of much of theirs. Both he and Burne-Jones were influenced by the Romanticist milieu and the Anglo-Catholic movement, and decided to become clergymen in order to found a monastery where they could live a life of chastity and dedication to artistic pursuit, akin to that of the contemporary Nazarene movement. However, as time went on Morris became increasingly critical of Anglican doctrine and the idea faded. In summer 1854, Morris travelled to

title: Michael Morris (artist)

text: Michael Morris (artist) Michael Morris (born 16 May 1942) is a visual artist. He is the recipient of the 2011 Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts and the 2015 Audain Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Visual Arts. Morris was born in Saltdean, England on 16 May 1942, and grew up in Saanich, British Columbia. Morris studied at the University of Victoria and the Vancouver School of Art, where his teachers included Jack Shadbolt, Roy Kiyooka and Don Jarvis. After completing his graduate studies in at the Slade school of Art, he returned to British Columbia. He co-founded

title: Michael Morris (artist)

text: the Western Front Society in 1973, and was its director for seven years. Michael Morris (artist) Michael Morris (born 16 May 1942) is a visual artist. He is the recipient of the 2011 Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts and the 2015 Audain Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Visual Arts. Morris was born in Saltdean, England on 16 May 1942, and grew up in Saanich, British Columbia. Morris studied at the University of Victoria and the Vancouver School of Art, where his teachers included Jack Shadbolt, Roy Kiyooka and Don Jarvis. After completing his graduate studies in

title: Be Thankful for What You Got

text: Be Thankful for What You Got "Be Thankful for What You Got" is a soul song written and first performed by William DeVaughn. DeVaughn wrote "A Cadillac Don't Come Easy", eventually re-written to become "Be Thankful for What You Got" in 1972, and spent $900 toward it under a development agreement, under which an artist will record a few initial demos or tracks where, if successfully approved, the company may reserve the right to extend the arrangement to Omega Sound, a Philadelphia production house, and release the song. Producers Frank Fioravanti and saxophonist, and MFSB session group member, John Davis

title: William Morris Hunt

text: carried on by Homer and others. Other friends and associates included artist Frank Hill Smith. "The greatest of Boston painters", writes art historian G. W. Sheldon in his "American Painters", "and one of the few really great American painters, Mr. William Morris Hunt, was born in Brattleboro, Vermont." While a friend and student of Millet, "Hunt is an entirely original artist, and every picture of his is a spontaneous and independent product." In a bit of art history revisionism, some scholars are now re-examining Hunt's powerful pull on other early New England artists, many better-known. Hunt was an important figure

title: William Morris

text: of galleries and museums house important collections of Morris's work and decorative items commissioned from Morris & Co. The William Morris Gallery in Walthamstow, England, is a public museum devoted to Morris's life, work and influence. The William Morris Society is based at Morris's final London home, Kelmscott House, Hammersmith, and is an international members society, museum and venue for lectures and other Morris-related events. The Art Gallery of South Australia is "fortunate in holding the most comprehensive collection of Morris & Co. furnishings outside Britain". The collection includes books, embroideries, tapestries, fabrics, wallpapers, drawings and sketches, furniture and stained

title: William Morris

text: university, he trained as an architect, married Jane Burden, and developed close friendships with the Pre-Raphaelite artists Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti and with the Neo-Gothic architect Philip Webb. Webb and Morris designed a family home, Red House, then in Kent, where the latter lived from 1859 to 1865, before moving to Bloomsbury, central London. In 1861, Morris founded a decorative arts firm with Burne-Jones, Rossetti, Webb, and others: the Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. Becoming highly fashionable and much in demand, the firm profoundly influenced interior decoration throughout the Victorian period, with Morris designing tapestries, wallpaper, fabrics, furniture,

title: William H. Morris

text: William H. Morris William Hopkins Morris (April 22, 1827 – August 26, 1900) was an American soldier, an officer in the United States Army, author, editor, and inventor. He served as a brigadier general of volunteers in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Morris was born on April 22, 1827 in New York City to Mary and George Pope Morris. He was appointed as a cadet in the United States Military Academy at West Point July 1, 1846. Morris graduated 27th out of 42 cadets in the class of 1851. Morris was promoted to brevet second lieutenant in

title: William Morris Endeavor

text: work after a month's unpaid leave. On December 4, 2017 lawyers acting on behalf of Terry Crews filed suit against WME and Adam Venit stating “It is now time to hold Venit accountable for his sexual predatory behavior and to hold WME accountable for its conduct in condoning, ratifying, and encouraging Venit’s sexual predatory behavior,”. William Morris Endeavor William Morris Endeavor Entertainment LLC (WME or WME-IMG), also known as William Morris Endeavor, is an American talent agency with offices in Beverly Hills, California, United States. The company was founded in April 2009, after the merger of the William Morris Agency

title: William Davis (artist)

text: asked to join the Hogarth club. William Davis (artist) William Davis (1812–1873) was an Irish artist, and part of a group of Liverpool based artists who were influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite style of painting. He was born in Dublin, received his artistic education there and begun his career as a portrait painter. He moved to Liverpool in 1842 and began to exhibit in the Liverpool Academy. In 1851, he started to exhibit at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. Originally painting still lives in 1853 he began producing landscapes. His work was admired by Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Ford

title: William Morris Agency

text: superimposed on an M and went into business as William Morris, Vaudeville Agent. By the time WMA formally incorporated in New York State on January 31, 1918, Morris' son William Morris Jr. and an office boy named Abraham Lastfogel, who, after becoming a talent agent in his own right, entered into a business partnership with Morris Sr. As silent film grew into widely viewed entertainment, Morris encouraged his clients to experiment in the new medium. Stars such as Charlie Chaplin, Al Jolson, the Marx Brothers, and Mae West were all represented by the company. By 1930, Morris had turned over

title: William Davis (artist)

text: William Davis (artist) William Davis (1812–1873) was an Irish artist, and part of a group of Liverpool based artists who were influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite style of painting. He was born in Dublin, received his artistic education there and begun his career as a portrait painter. He moved to Liverpool in 1842 and began to exhibit in the Liverpool Academy. In 1851, he started to exhibit at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. Originally painting still lives in 1853 he began producing landscapes. His work was admired by Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Ford Madox Brown, through which he was

title: Strawberry Thief (William Morris)

text: Thief proved to be one of Morris's most commercially successful patterns. This printed cotton furnishing textile was intended to be used for curtains or draped around walls (a form of interior decoration advocated by William Morris), or for loose covers on furniture. Strawberry Thief (William Morris) Strawberry Thief is one of William Morris's most popular repeating designs for textiles. It takes as its subject the thrushes that Morris found stealing fruit in his kitchen garden of his countryside home, Kelmscott Manor, in Oxfordshire. To print the pattern Morris used the ancient and painstaking indigo-discharge method he admired above all forms

title: William Morris Colles

text: William Morris Colles William Morris Colles (23 November 1865 – 11 October 1926, Slindon) was an English literary agent, the founder and managing director of The Authors' Syndicate, Ltd. William Morris Colles was the son of Rev. William Morris Colles, Vicar of Melton Mowbray. He was educated at Oakham School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1877. He was called to the Bar from the Inner Temple in 1880, married Fanny Elizabeth Bird the same year, and practised on the Midland Circuit. Colles worked as a leader-writer for the "Standard" under W. H. Mudford. He founded the

title: William C. Morris Award

text: its publisher as being either a young adult book or one published for the age range that YALSA defines as 'young adult', i.e., 12 through 18". About 4000 "YA titles" are published annually and about 10% may be debuts. William C. Morris Award The William C. Morris YA Debut Award is an annual award given to a work of young adult literature by a "first-time author writing for teens". It is administered by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). It was named for twentieth-century American publisher William C. Morris (born 1928

title: William Morris Endeavor

text: William Morris Endeavor William Morris Endeavor Entertainment LLC (WME or WME-IMG), also known as William Morris Endeavor, is an American talent agency with offices in Beverly Hills, California, United States. The company was founded in April 2009, after the merger of the William Morris Agency and the Endeavor Agency. WME represents artists across all media platforms, specifically movies, television, music, theatre, digital and publishing. It also represents the NFL and NHL. WME also owns the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Miss Universe. The company is run by Co-CEOs Ari Emanuel and Patrick Whitesell. As the entertainment industry evolved, so did WMA,

title: William Ridgley Morris

text: William Ridgley Morris William Ridgley Morris (1811- February 27, 1889) was an American politician and diplomat. Morris, son of Dr. William Morris, a prominent physician of Dover, Delaware, was born in Dover in 1811. After graduation from Yale College in 1830, he studied law for three years with the Hon. John M. Clayton, in Dover, and soon after his admission to the bar was elected clerk of the Delaware State Senate. At the close of the session he settled in York, Pa., where he became prosecuting attorney for York County, and soon secured a good practice. In President Zachary Taylor's

title: William Morris

text: field of fantasy have sprung from the romance genre, but indirectly, through their writers' imitation of William Morris. Early fantasy writers like Lord Dunsany, E. R. Eddison and James Branch Cabell were familiar with Morris's romances. "The Wood Beyond the World" is considered to have heavily influenced C. S. Lewis' Narnia series, while J. R. R. Tolkien was inspired by Morris's reconstructions of early Germanic life in "The House of the Wolfings" and "The Roots of the Mountains". The young Tolkien attempted a retelling of the story of Kullervo from the "Kalevala" in the style of "The House of the

title: William Dowler Morris

text: 60. Morris died in Bermuda in 1931. William Dowler Morris William Dowler Morris (August 22, 1857 – April 13, 1931) was mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada in 1901. He was born in County Leitrim, Ireland in 1857 and came to Canada in 1877. He became involved in the oil, coal and real estate businesses; he also owned a brickyard. Morris was first elected to city council in 1892. He was forced to resign as mayor after being convicted of drinking after hours at the Russell House, an Ottawa hotel, an offence under the liquor license act. Under Ontario law at

title: William S. Morris

text: Missouri and had one daughter, Lisa. William S. Morris William S. Morris (November 8, 1919 – March 4, 1975) was an American politician who served as the 39th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Morris was born in Higginsville, Missouri, to mother Elizabeth Jung and father Cyrus Morris, with brothers Conrad "Jack" and Donald and sisters Mildred and Eunice. Morris went on to serve in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was awarded the Bronze Star, the Silver Star and the Air Medal. He was discharged at the rank of Major. Following

title: William S. Morris

text: William S. Morris William S. Morris (November 8, 1919 – March 4, 1975) was an American politician who served as the 39th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Morris was born in Higginsville, Missouri, to mother Elizabeth Jung and father Cyrus Morris, with brothers Conrad "Jack" and Donald and sisters Mildred and Eunice. Morris went on to serve in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was awarded the Bronze Star, the Silver Star and the Air Medal. He was discharged at the rank of Major. Following his discharge from the Army, he

title: William Ridgley Morris

text: the American Civil War he was a strong supporter of the Union, and after the war had closed he held for a time a position in one of the government departments at Washington. He died at his home near Dover, on February 27, 1889, at the age of 78. William Ridgley Morris William Ridgley Morris (1811- February 27, 1889) was an American politician and diplomat. Morris, son of Dr. William Morris, a prominent physician of Dover, Delaware, was born in Dover in 1811. After graduation from Yale College in 1830, he studied law for three years with the Hon. John

title: William Morris

text: Neo-Classical school. Morris was slowly abandoning painting, recognising that his work lacked a sense of movement; none of his paintings are dated later than 1862. Instead he focused his energies on designing wallpaper patterns, the first being "Trellis", designed in 1862. His designs would be produced from 1864 by Jeffrey and Co. of Islington, who created them for the Firm under Morris's supervision. Morris also retained an active interest in various groups, joining the Hogarth Club, the Mediaeval Society, and the Corps of Artist Volunteers, the latter being in contrast to his later pacifism. Meanwhile, Morris's family continued to grow.

title: May Morris

text: May Morris Mary "May" Morris (25 March 1862 – 17 October 1938) was an English artisan, embroidery designer, jeweller, socialist, and editor. She was the younger daughter of the Pre-Raphaelite artist and designer William Morris and his wife and artists' model Jane Morris. May Morris was born on 25 March 1862 at Red House, Bexleyheath, and named Mary, as she was born on the Feast of the Annunciation. May learned to embroider from her mother and her aunt Bessie Burden, who had been taught by William Morris. In 1881, she enrolled at the National Art Training School, precursor of the

title: William H. Morris

text: "Tactics for Infantry, armed with Breech-loading or Magazine Rifle" in 1879, revised in 1888. He lobbied the U.S. War Department to adopt ideas expressed in the book. Morris died August 26, 1900, while vacationing at Long Branch, New Jersey and is buried in Cold Spring, New York. William H. Morris William Hopkins Morris (April 22, 1827 – August 26, 1900) was an American soldier, an officer in the United States Army, author, editor, and inventor. He served as a brigadier general of volunteers in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Morris was born on April 22, 1827 in

title: William Morris Stewart

text: William Morris Stewart William Morris Stewart (August 9, 1827April 23, 1909) was an American lawyer and politician. Stewart was born in Wayne County, New York, on August 9, 1825. As a child he moved with his parents to Trumbull County, Ohio. As a young man he was a mathematics teacher in Ohio. In 1849 he began attending Yale University but left in 1850 to move to California. He came to California because of the Gold Rush. He arrived in San Francisco, California and soon left to begin mining near Nevada City, California. In 1903 he was reputed to be one

title: Robert Morris (artist)

text: diverse phenomena; negation of a worldview that distrusts the unfamiliar and the unconventional. (Maurice Berger, "Labyrinths: Robert Morris, Minimalism, and the 1960s", p. 3.) In Morris' book, "Continuous Project Altered Daily: The Writings of Robert Morris", the artist includes a collaborative project with the art critic G. Roger Denson in which he lampoons the criticism of his work published over the course of his career up to the early 1990s. The chapter, entitled "Robert Morris Replies to Roger Denson (Or Is That a Mouse in My Paragon?)", lists thirteen questions submitted by Denson, with each question representing the criticism of

title: William Morris Gallery

text: Subsequently a major redevelopment was carried out. The William Morris Gallery is owned and managed by Waltham Forest Council. In March 2009 the Heritage Lottery Fund awarded the gallery £80,000 to enable detailed proposals to be developed. In Autumn 2010 this proposal was successful in securing round-two funding of £1.523 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund, which was matched with £1.5 million from the London Borough of Waltham Forest. Further funding was secured from charitable trusts and foundations, notably the Friends of the William Morris Gallery, and through an ongoing public fundraising campaign. Redevelopment of the building and collections finally

title: William Morris

text: open to the public. The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California, acquired the collection of Morris materials amassed by Sanford and Helen Berger in 1999. The collection includes stained glass, wallpaper, textiles, embroidery, drawings, ceramics, more than 2000 books, original woodblocks, and the complete archives of both Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. and Morris & Co. These materials formed the foundation for the 2002 exhibition "William Morris: Creating the Useful and the Beautiful" and 2003 exhibition "The Beauty of Life: William Morris and the Art of Design" and accompanying publication. A Greater London Council blue

title: William Morris

text: premises of the Kelmscott Press, before relocating to the neighbouring No. 14 in May, that same month in which the company was founded.When the press closed in 1898 it had produced over 50 works. Devoted to the production of books which he deemed beautiful, Morris was artistically influenced by the illustrated manuscripts and early printed books of Medieval and Early Modern Europe. Before publishing its first work, Morris ensured that he had mastered the techniques of printing and secured supplies of hand-made paper and vellum which would be necessary for production. Over the next seven years, they would publish 66

title: William Morris Leiserson

text: William Morris Leiserson William Morris Leiserson (1883–1957) was a notable labor relations scholar and mediator. Leiserson, perhaps the twentieth century's most influential labor mediator during the rise of labor unions and collective bargaining in the United States, was a professor, state and federal government administrator, mediator, arbitrator, and a member of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s "brain trust" which developed and wrote legislation such as the Railway Labor Act of 1934. Born in 1883, in Reval, Tsarist Russia (in an area later to become the nation of Estonia), William Morris Leiserson came to the United States at the age of seven

title: William Placid Morris

text: the authorities in Rome. Unhappily for Morris, those documents were never lodged and in 1840 he was peremptorily recalled to Rome and relieved of his post as Vicar Apostolic of the Mauritius. He retired to England and until his death in 1872 served in effect as an auxiliary bishop to the first two Cardinal Archbishops of Westminster, Nicholas Wiseman and Henry Edward Manning. William Placid Morris William Placid Morris OSB (29 September 1794 – 18 February 1872) was a London-born Roman Catholic bishop. Morris was ordained a priest of the Order of Saint Benedict on 29 June 1817 and was

title: Terry Morris (artist and photographer)

text: works with children and young people, encouraging them to think creatively and express themselves. He says: “I hope I can show the next generation that the arts are not only fun and rewarding, but offer a range of great opportunities for careers. The creative industries are a big part of Wales’ future and we need to harness all that emerging talent we have. Perhaps when the Queen celebrates her Platinum Jubilee one of these youngsters will be presenting her with another portrait.” Terry Morris (artist and photographer) Terry Morris (born 6 September 1965 in Llanelli) is a Welsh artist who

title: William N. Morris

text: William N. Morris William Noel "Bill" Morris (born 1932/1933) is a Tennessee politician who served as mayor of Shelby County, which includes Memphis, Tennessee. He also served as Sheriff of Shelby County. He was the president of the Tennessee County Services Association, an organization of county officials. Morris served as the sheriff of Shelby County from 1964 to 1970. During his tenure as sheriff, Morris was in charge of the custody of assassin James Earl Ray. Ray admitted while in custody to the 1968 murder of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. However, Ray later claimed he was

title: Desmond Morris

text: and Religion collection held by the British Library. When Morris was 14, his father was killed whilst serving in the armed forces, causing Morris to drift towards surrealism. His grandfather William Morris, an enthusiastic Victorian naturalist and founder of the Swindon local newspaper, greatly influenced him during his time living in Swindon. In July 1952, Morris married Ramona Baulch; they had one son, Jason. In 1978, Morris was elected Vice-Chairman of Oxford United F.C.. Morris lives in the same house in North Oxford as the 19th-century lexicographer James Murray who worked on the "Oxford English Dictionary". He exhibits at the

title: William Morris (Next Century Foundation)

text: William Morris (Next Century Foundation) William Morris is Secretary General of the Next Century Foundation. He is the son of Cornish author and publisher Claud Morris and Patricia (née′ Holton), an American writer and broadcaster. Educated variously at the Bible College of Wales, Grenville College in Bideford, North Devon, City of Westminster College, London College of Printing, Royal Agricultural College, Exeter University Department of Lifelong Learning, all in the United Kingdom. Formerly a journalist and publisher, William Morris is an expert on Arab Affairs with close family connections with the Arab world. At one time William Morris edited "Voice", a

title: Robert Morris (artist)

text: La Monte Young, John Cage, and Warner Jepson with whom he and first wife Simone Forti collaborated. The idea that art making was a record of a performance by the artist (drawn from Hans Namuth’s photos of Pollock at work) in the studio led to an interest in dance and choreography. During the 1950s, Morris' furthered his interest in dance while living in San Francisco with his wife, the dancer and choreographer Simone Forti. Morris moved to New York City in 1960. In 1962 where he staged the performance "Column" at the Living Theater in New York based on the

title: William Dowler Morris

text: William Dowler Morris William Dowler Morris (August 22, 1857 – April 13, 1931) was mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada in 1901. He was born in County Leitrim, Ireland in 1857 and came to Canada in 1877. He became involved in the oil, coal and real estate businesses; he also owned a brickyard. Morris was first elected to city council in 1892. He was forced to resign as mayor after being convicted of drinking after hours at the Russell House, an Ottawa hotel, an offence under the liquor license act. Under Ontario law at the time, the law provided that a

title: William Morris Hunt

text: William Morris Hunt William Morris Hunt (March 31, 1824 – September 8, 1879), American painter, was born at Brattleboro, Vermont, to Jane Maria (Leavitt) Hunt and Hon. Jonathan Hunt, who raised one of the preeminent families in American art. William Morris Hunt was the leading painter of mid-19th-century Boston, Massachusetts. William Morris Hunt was born into prominence: Hunt's father's family, the Hunt family of Vermont, were among Vermont's founders and largest landowners; his mother's a family of wealth and prominence in Connecticut. Hunt attended Harvard College but withdrew in his junior year. Having been denied the opportunity to paint and

title: William Morris

text: complex gradations of colour and texture. Morris long dreamed of weaving tapestries in the medieval manner, which he called "the noblest of the weaving arts." In September 1879 he finished his first solo effort, a small piece called "Cabbage and Vine". Nineteenth and twentieth century avant-garde artistic movements took an interest in the typographical arts, greatly enriching book design and illustration. In the late nineteenth century, William Morris founded the Arts and Crafts movement, which emphasized the value of traditional craft skills that seemed to be disappearing in the mass industrial age. His designs, like the work of the Pre-Raphaelite

title: William C. Morris Award

text: William C. Morris Award The William C. Morris YA Debut Award is an annual award given to a work of young adult literature by a "first-time author writing for teens". It is administered by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). It was named for twentieth-century American publisher William C. Morris (born 1928 or 1929 and raised up in Eagle Pass, Texas, died Sept 28, 2003 in Manhattan), whom YALSA calls an innovator and "an influential innovator in the publishing world and an advocate for marketing books for children and young adults".

title: William E. Morris (politician)

text: the vote. William E. Morris (politician) William E. "Bill" Morris (July 28, 1920 - June 25, 2013) founded the Libertarian Party of Delaware in 1975 and the advocacy group Seniors Against Federal Extravagance as an alternative to the AARP in 1997. In 2004, Morris first ran for political office as the Delaware Libertarian candidate for a United States House of Representatives seat. Morris finished fourth behind the two other candidates on the ballot and Write-in candidate Maurice J. Barros with 2,014 votes (0.5%) . In 2006, Morris was the Libertarian candidate for United States Senate. Morris received 2,671 votes for

title: William E. Morris (politician)

text: William E. Morris (politician) William E. "Bill" Morris (July 28, 1920 - June 25, 2013) founded the Libertarian Party of Delaware in 1975 and the advocacy group Seniors Against Federal Extravagance as an alternative to the AARP in 1997. In 2004, Morris first ran for political office as the Delaware Libertarian candidate for a United States House of Representatives seat. Morris finished fourth behind the two other candidates on the ballot and Write-in candidate Maurice J. Barros with 2,014 votes (0.5%) . In 2006, Morris was the Libertarian candidate for United States Senate. Morris received 2,671 votes for 1.1% of

title: William Morris Hunt

text: at "Elmshome" in Vermont, the location of that portrait is now unknown. William Morris Hunt William Morris Hunt (March 31, 1824 – September 8, 1879), American painter, was born at Brattleboro, Vermont, to Jane Maria (Leavitt) Hunt and Hon. Jonathan Hunt, who raised one of the preeminent families in American art. William Morris Hunt was the leading painter of mid-19th-century Boston, Massachusetts. William Morris Hunt was born into prominence: Hunt's father's family, the Hunt family of Vermont, were among Vermont's founders and largest landowners; his mother's a family of wealth and prominence in Connecticut. Hunt attended Harvard College but withdrew

title: William Johnson (artist)

text: William Johnson (artist) William Henry Johnson (March 18, 1901 – April 13, 1970) was a Black American painter. Born in Florence, South Carolina, he became a student at the National Academy of Design in New York City, working with Charles Webster Hawthorne. He later lived and worked in France, where he was exposed to modernism. After Johnson married Danish textile artist Holcha Krake, the couple lived for some time in Scandinavia. There he was influenced by the strong folk art tradition. The couple moved to the United States in 1938. Johnson eventually found work as a teacher at the Harlem

title: William W. Morris

text: William W. Morris William Walton Morris (August 31, 1801 – December 11, 1865) was an American soldier and a career officer in the United States Army. He served as a colonel and brevet brigadier general in the Regular Army (United States), with Union Army service during the American Civil War (1861–1865). Morris served as a brigade commander primarily in charge of the defense of Fort McHenry and Baltimore Harbor. He had several brief periods in command of VIII Corps and of the Middle Department, which almost completely overlapped with each other. Morris was born in 1801 at Ballston Springs, New

title: William Morris (Baptist minister)

text: Liberal candidates for Treorchy and Treherbert wards. At this meeting both Daronwy Issac, a miners' agent and Mabon himself spoke. Following the election of William Jenkins, Ystradfechan, as alderman, Morris, together with Evan Davies, a Treherbert butcher were nominated as candidates for the by-election but Morris withdrew allowing Davies to be returned unopposed. In 1892, Morris was adopted as the official Liberal candidate for Treorchy at the Glamorgan County Council election of 1892. He was defeated, however, by the Lib-Lab candidate, Daromwy Isaac, a prominent miners' leader and close ally of Mabon. He died on 21 December 1922. William Morris

title: William Morris

text: lyrics for the song "Wake, London Lads!" to be sung at a rally against military intervention. Morris eventually became disillusioned with the EQA, describing it as being "full of wretched little personalities". He nevertheless joined a regrouping of predominantly working-class EQA activists, the National Liberal League, becoming their treasurer in summer 1879; the group remained small and politically ineffective, with Morris resigning as treasurer in late 1881, shortly before the group's collapse. However, his discontent with the British liberal movement grew following the election of the Liberal Party's William Ewart Gladstone to the Premiership in 1880. Morris was particularly angered

title: William Morris (MP)

text: Morris remained active in local government and became a member of the Carmarthen School Board. He died in February 1877. William Morris (MP) William Morris (1811 – 25 February 1877) was a British Liberal Party politician and banker. Morris was active in the public life of Carmarthen for many years before his election to Parliament and served as mayor of the borough on four occasions. Morris was elected MP for Carmarthen Boroughs at a by-election in 1864, after his cousin David Morris died in office. He then held the seat until 1868 when he did not stand for re-election. Morris

title: William Morris Meredith Jr.

text: William Morris Meredith Jr. William Morris Meredith Jr. (January 9, 1919 – May 30, 2007) was an American poet and educator. He was Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1978 to 1980. Meredith was born in New York City to William Morris Meredith Sr. and Nelley Keyser. He attended Lenox School in Massachusetts, graduating in 1936. He began writing while a college student at Princeton University. He graduated magna cum laude from Princeton in 1940, having written a senior thesis on Robert Frost. His first volume of poetry, "Love Letter from an Impossible Land", appeared

title: Robert Morris (artist)

text: of Kansas. He then studied art at both the University of Kansas and at Kansas City Art Institute as well as philosophy at Reed College . He interrupted his studies in 1951-52 to serve with the United States Army Corps of Engineers in Arizona and Korea. After moving to New York City in 1959 to study sculpture, he received a master's degree in art history in 1963 from Hunter College. Initially a painter, Morris’ work of the 1950s was influenced by Abstract Expressionism and particularly Jackson Pollock. While living in California, Morris also came into contact with the work of

title: William Morris

text: in the Kentish hamlet of Upton near Bexleyheath, ten miles from central London. The building's design was a co-operative effort, with Morris focusing on the interiors and the exterior being designed by Webb, for whom the House represented his first commission as an independent architect. Named after the red bricks and red tiles from which it was constructed, Red House rejected architectural norms by being L-shaped. Influenced by various forms of contemporary Neo-Gothic architecture, the House was nevertheless unique, with Morris describing it as "very mediaeval in spirit". Situated within an orchard, the house and garden were intricately linked in

title: William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield

text: ambushed Tuellman in Cowley in his car. Officers found him to be in possession of two automatic pistols, ammunition and items of disguise. Birmingham Assizes tried Tuellman and on 22 July convicted him. He served seven years' penal servitude. William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield William Richard Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield (10 October 1877 – 22 August 1963) was an English motor manufacturer and philanthropist. He was the founder of Morris Motors Limited and is remembered as the founder of the Nuffield Foundation, the Nuffield Trust and Nuffield College, Oxford. He took his title from the village of Nuffield in Oxfordshire,

text: got into trouble. We have an obligation to the young in a society from which we take so much." William Morris (Next Century Foundation) William Morris is Secretary General of the Next Century Foundation. He is the son of Cornish author and publisher Claud Morris and Patricia (née′ Holton), an American writer and broadcaster. Educated variously at the Bible College of Wales, Grenville College in Bideford, North Devon, City of Westminster College, London College of Printing, Royal Agricultural College, Exeter University Department of Lifelong Learning, all in the United Kingdom. Formerly a journalist and publisher, William Morris is an expert

title: William Morris

text: Wolfings"; Tolkien considered much of his literary work to have been inspired by an early reading of Morris, even suggesting that he was unable to better Morris's work; the names of characters such as "Gandolf" and the horse Silverfax appear in "The Well at the World's End". Sir Henry Newbolt's medieval allegorical novel, Aladore, was influenced by Morris's fantasies. James Joyce also drew inspiration from his work. During his lifetime, Morris produced items in a range of crafts, mainly those to do with furnishing, including over 600 designs for wall-paper, textiles, and embroideries, over 150 for stained glass windows, three

title: William Morris

text: founded the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings to campaign against the damage caused by architectural restoration. Embracing Marxism and influenced by anarchism, in the 1880s Morris became a committed revolutionary socialist activist; after an involvement in the Social Democratic Federation (SDF), he founded the Socialist League in 1884, but broke with that organization in 1890. In 1891 he founded the Kelmscott Press to publish limited-edition, illuminated-style print books, a cause to which he devoted his final years. Morris is recognised as one of the most significant cultural figures of Victorian Britain; though best known in his lifetime as

title: William N. Morris

text: coerced into pleading guilty. Morris was Mayor of Shelby County from 1978 to 1994. Morris was instrumental, along with park superintendent Tom Hill, in introducing a herd of bison to Shelby Farms. In 1994, Morris campaigned for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Tennessee, placing second in the race to Phil Bredesen. Tennessee State Route 385 in Shelby County, which was originally known as Nonconnah Parkway, was renamed as Bill Morris Parkway. William N. Morris William Noel "Bill" Morris (born 1932/1933) is a Tennessee politician who served as mayor of Shelby County, which includes Memphis, Tennessee. He also served as

title: John William Brown (artist)

text: of the window is based on the theme of the "Te Deum laudamus", with the risen Christ at the top, and below are four windows each representing one of the communities praising God. Other designs by Brown in Northwest England include windows in Chester Cathedral (1921) and its Refectory (c. 1913), and "opus sectile" panels in Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery. He also designed windows in churches in Sussex. Citations Sources John William Brown (artist) John William Brown (1842–1928) was an English painter and stained glass designer. He was employed by Morris & Co. and later by James Powell and

title: William O'Connor Morris

text: William O'Connor Morris William O'Connor Morris (26 November 1824, Kilkenny – 3 August 1904) was an Irish county court judge and historian. Morris was educated at Epsom College in Surrey and a school at Laugharne in Wales, before matriculating in 1843 at Oriel College, Oxford. He graduated there in 1848 after a leave of absence of a year and a half in 1846–1847 due to his family's financial difficulties connected with the Great Famine. Three years after leaving Oxford, he entered the King's Inns in Dublin as a law student. He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1852 and was

title: William Morris (MP)

text: William Morris (MP) William Morris (1811 – 25 February 1877) was a British Liberal Party politician and banker. Morris was active in the public life of Carmarthen for many years before his election to Parliament and served as mayor of the borough on four occasions. Morris was elected MP for Carmarthen Boroughs at a by-election in 1864, after his cousin David Morris died in office. He then held the seat until 1868 when he did not stand for re-election. Morris also served as a Justice of the Peace for Carmarthenshire and Carmarthen, and a High Sheriff of Carmarthenshire in 1858.

title: William Placid Morris

text: William Placid Morris William Placid Morris OSB (29 September 1794 – 18 February 1872) was a London-born Roman Catholic bishop. Morris was ordained a priest of the Order of Saint Benedict on 29 June 1817 and was assigned to missionary work in London, first at the chapel of the Portuguese Embassy in Grosvenor Square, and then, after the closure of that chapel in 1829, in Chelsea. In 1831 he received notice of his appointment as bishop charged with the duty of conducting an Apostolic Visitation into the condition of the Catholic Church on the island of Mauritius where the local

title: William Morris (actor)

text: screen work. He was married to actress Etta Hawkins, with whom he had four children, including 1930s film star Chester Morris. William Morris (actor) William Henry Morris (January 1, 1861 – January 11, 1936) was an American stage and film actor. He began his career as a teenager in the theater, first appearing at the Boston Museum, 1875 and became a star on Broadway. Much theater work where he spent most of his career. He appeared in popular plays such as 1909's "Is Matrimony a Failure?" He was a character actor in silent films, usually playing gruff fathers or bad

title: Terry Morris (artist and photographer)

text: Terry Morris (artist and photographer) Terry Morris (born 6 September 1965 in Llanelli) is a Welsh artist who is primarily known for his photography. Terry Morris was born in Llanelli in September 1965. He attended Lakefield Infant and Primary School before moving on to Graig Comprehensive School, Llanelli. Self-confessed as 'not the best academic', Terry lost interest in school during his teens and only stayed on his final year, aged 15, to study woodwork with his favourite teacher 'Mr Evans' (Mike Evans), lovingly known as 'Killer' (due to his Size 13 plimsole!) Terry left school at 16 and joined the

title: William Morris Meredith Jr.

text: film about his life, "Marathon", premiered on November 19, 2008 in Mystic, Connecticut. William Morris Meredith Jr. William Morris Meredith Jr. (January 9, 1919 – May 30, 2007) was an American poet and educator. He was Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1978 to 1980. Meredith was born in New York City to William Morris Meredith Sr. and Nelley Keyser. He attended Lenox School in Massachusetts, graduating in 1936. He began writing while a college student at Princeton University. He graduated magna cum laude from Princeton in 1940, having written a senior thesis on Robert

title: William Morris

text: and stained glass windows. In 1875, Morris assumed total control of the company, which was renamed Morris & Co. Although retaining a main home in London, from 1871 Morris rented the rural retreat of Kelmscott Manor, Oxfordshire. Greatly influenced by visits to Iceland, with Eiríkr Magnússon he produced a series of English-language translations of Icelandic Sagas. He also achieved success with the publication of his epic poems and novels, namely "The Earthly Paradise" (1868–1870), "A Dream of John Ball" (1888), the Utopian "News from Nowhere" (1890), and the fantasy romance "The Well at the World's End" (1896). In 1877 he

title: William Morris Davis (congressman)

text: in Germantown, Pennsylvania. William Morris Davis (congressman) William Morris Davis (16 August 1815 Keene Valley, New York – 5 August 1891 Keene Valley, New York), was an abolitionist, author and a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Among his friends were the New York sculptor Henry Kirke Brown, and the lock inventor Linus Yale. William Morris Davis was born in Keene Valley, New York. He moved to Pennsylvania and became a sugar refiner in Philadelphia. Davis was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-seventh Congress. He died in Keene Valley in 1891. Interment in Friends Fair

title: William Morris Davis (congressman)

text: William Morris Davis (congressman) William Morris Davis (16 August 1815 Keene Valley, New York – 5 August 1891 Keene Valley, New York), was an abolitionist, author and a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Among his friends were the New York sculptor Henry Kirke Brown, and the lock inventor Linus Yale. William Morris Davis was born in Keene Valley, New York. He moved to Pennsylvania and became a sugar refiner in Philadelphia. Davis was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-seventh Congress. He died in Keene Valley in 1891. Interment in Friends Fair Hill Burial Ground

title: William Morris

text: William Morris William Morris (24 March 1834 – 3 October 1896) was a British textile designer, poet, novelist, translator, and socialist activist. Associated with the British Arts and Crafts Movement, he was a major contributor to the revival of traditional British textile arts and methods of production. His literary contributions helped to establish the modern fantasy genre, while he played a significant role in propagating the early socialist movement in Britain. Born in Walthamstow, Essex, to a wealthy middle-class family, Morris came under the strong influence of medievalism while studying Classics at Oxford University, there joining the Birmingham Set. After

title: William Morris (Baptist minister)

text: William Morris (Baptist minister) William Morris (1843–1922), widely known by his bardic name, "Rhosynnog" was the minister of Noddfa Baptist Church, Treorchy, South Wales from soon after its formation in 1868 until his death. Morris was born on 12 September 1843 at Tre-boeth, Swansea, the son of David Morris. After training in early life to become an engineer, he turned his attention to the nonconformist ministry. He was educated at the Swansea Academy of G. P. Evans, and later at Pontypool. Ordained at Treorchy in 1868, he later became secretary of the Baptist Union of Wales from 1879 until 1898,

title: William W. Morris

text: States Senate confirmed the appointment on May 4, 1866. William W. Morris William Walton Morris (August 31, 1801 – December 11, 1865) was an American soldier and a career officer in the United States Army. He served as a colonel and brevet brigadier general in the Regular Army (United States), with Union Army service during the American Civil War (1861–1865). Morris served as a brigade commander primarily in charge of the defense of Fort McHenry and Baltimore Harbor. He had several brief periods in command of VIII Corps and of the Middle Department, which almost completely overlapped with each other.

title: William Morris

text: had been founded in 1881 by Henry Hyndman, an adherent of the socio-political ideology of Marxism, with Morris joining the DF in January 1883. Morris began to read voraciously on the subject of socialism, including Henry George's "Progress and Poverty", Alfred Russel Wallace's "Land Nationalisation", and Karl Marx's "Das Kapital", although admitted that Marx's economic analysis of capitalism gave him "agonies of confusion on the brain". Instead he preferred the writings of William Cobbett and Sergius Stepniak, although he also read the critique of socialism produced by John Stuart Mill. In May 1883, Morris was appointed to the DF's executive,

title: William Morris Kinnersley

text: Xanthopoulos published an important solution generating method for solving the Einstein field equation. William Morris Kinnersley William Morris Kinnersley is an American physicist who is well known for his contributions to general relativity. Kinnersley earned his Ph.D. from Caltech in 1968, under the direction of Kip Thorne. In 1969, he published an exact null dust solution to the Einstein field equation and thereby created the photon rocket, an object with mass propelled by the emission of light (radiation without mass). This solution remains one of the few known exact solutions with clear physical interpretations, and in consequence it is widely

title: William Morris Kinnersley

text: William Morris Kinnersley William Morris Kinnersley is an American physicist who is well known for his contributions to general relativity. Kinnersley earned his Ph.D. from Caltech in 1968, under the direction of Kip Thorne. In 1969, he published an exact null dust solution to the Einstein field equation and thereby created the photon rocket, an object with mass propelled by the emission of light (radiation without mass). This solution remains one of the few known exact solutions with clear physical interpretations, and in consequence it is widely cited as an important breakthrough. In 1978, Kinnersley, C. Hoenselaers, and Basilis C.

title: William Morris Bioff

text: a reduced sentence along with Browne. Upon his release, Bioff moved to Arizona and assumed a new identity, "William Nelson", and reportedly developed a friendship with then Senator Barry Goldwater, even so far as going into business with the senator's nephew Bobby. Bioff, however, soon began working for Riviera Casino manager Gus Greenbaum, at the Chicago Outfit-owned Las Vegas casino. On November 4, 1955, shortly after the release of his former companions, Bioff was assassinated through a bombing described as follows: William Morris Bioff William Morris ("Willie") Bioff (1900 – November 4, 1955) was an American organized crime figure who

title: Jerry Weiss (artist)

text: of New York. His mother wanted to be a fashion artist, but dedicated herself to family while continuing to paint. His father is cartoonist Morris Weiss from whom, Weiss says, he inherited an irreverence to life. Weiss was born in New Jersey but soon after the family moved to North Miami, Florida. He was influenced by the graphic freedom and assured skill of cartoonists, whose work he saw in his father's large collection. Morris asked for his son's advice when buying works by Dean Cornwell (1892–1960) and had once sat for James Montgomery Flagg (1877–1960). As a child, he had

title: William Hole (artist)

text: William Hole (artist) William Brassey Hole RSA (7 November 1846 – 22 October 1917) was an English artist, illustrator, etcher and engraver, known for his industrial, historical and biblical scenes. Hole was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, the son of a doctor, Richard Hole and his wife Ann; His father died in the cholera epidemic of 1849, when William was only 3 years of age, and the family relocated to Edinburgh, Scotland, shortly afterwards. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy, then served an apprenticeship as a civil engineer for 5 years, although he really wanted to be an artist. In 1869,

title: William Morris Gallery

text: William Morris Gallery The William Morris Gallery, opened by Prime Minister Clement Attlee in 1950, is the only public museum devoted to English Arts and Crafts designer and early socialist William Morris. The gallery is located at Walthamstow in Morris's family home from 1848 to 1856, the former Water House, a substantial Grade II* listed Georgian dwelling of about 1750 which is set in its own extensive grounds (now Lloyd Park). The gallery underwent major redevelopment and reopened in August 2012; in 2013 it won the national prize for Museum of the Year. The gallery's collections illustrate Morris's life, work

title: William Morris (minister)

text: Rev. D. P. Howie Minister of The Laigh Kirk, Kilmarnock 1916-1966, on 3 September 1952. They had 1 son, David, born in 1960. He was Dean of the Chapel Royal in Scotland from 1991 to 1996. An Honorary Chaplain to the Queen from 1969, he was also Chaplain to the Queen’s Body Guard for Scotland (The Royal Company of Archers) from 1994 to 2007. He died on 31 October 2013. William Morris (minister) William James Morris (22 August 1925 – 31 October 2013) was a Church of Scotland minister and an author. He was born in Cardiff on 22 August