Question: Facts: - death place: hammersmith , london , england , united kingdom - known for: wallpaper , socialism and textile design , fantasy fiction / medievalism - notable works: '' at the world 's end '' news from nowhere '' , '' the well - caption: william morris by frederick hollyer , 1887 - death date: 03 october 1896 - birth date: 24 march 1834 - image: william morris age 53.jpg - birth place: walthamstow , england , united kingdom - occupation: artist , designer , writer , socialist Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of william morris .
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william morris -lrb- 24 march 1834 -- 3 october 1896 -rrb- was an english 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 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 relocating 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 , 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 eirikr magnusson 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 '' -lrb- 1868 -- 1870 -rrb- , '' a dream of john ball '' -lrb- 1888 -rrb- , the utopian '' news from nowhere '' -lrb- 1890 -rrb- , and the fantasy...