Born 24 March 1834 in Walthamstow, Essex.
[Died] October 3, 1896, Hammersmith British designer, craftsman, poet, and social activist. He is known as the "father of modernization" for revolutionizing Victorian decorative arts. At Exeter College, Oxford, he became friends with Edward Burne-Jones, who later became a painter, and after graduating, with poet and painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti. He devoted himself to architectural decoration, and in 1861, he and his colleagues established a decorative art production company. After that, he mainly worked on two-dimensional designs that turned plant motifs into patterns in a form close to nature, producing wallpaper, dyeing, textiles, carpets, stained glass, etc. In the literary field, he gained fame as a poet with The Earthly Paradise (1868-70), and published a series of fantasy stories such as The story of Sundering Flood (1898). He also founded the Kelmscott Printing House (1890), where he worked on everything from type design to binding and printing, reviving the Gothic typeface of the Middle Ages and publishing 53 books, including the Collected Works of Chaucer. He also founded a design movement known as the Arts and Crafts Movement, and was an active voice for social reform, based on the belief that true works of art are those that have a human touch. This pursuit of humane design had a direct influence on Art Nouveau (fin de siècle art). Morris
Morris, Robert Born: February 9, 1931 in Kansas City, Missouri
[Died] 2018.11.28. Kingston, New York. American artist. With his minimalist sculptures (→minimalism) and unique performances, he made a major contribution to the avant-garde art movement (→avant-garde) of the 1960s and 1970s. After graduating from the Kansas City Art Institute, the California School of the Arts, and Reed College, he studied at Hunter College in New York, where he began teaching in 1967. In 1957, he held his first solo exhibition of paintings in San Francisco. In 1960, while living in New York, he began producing large, monochromatic geometric sculptures as a series of works that show relationships in specific spaces. His works from this time had a great influence on Minimalism, which sought to reduce art to its essence by reducing decorative elements to the bare minimum (→Minimal Art). His work was based on the relationship between human actions and objects, but the range of his work was wide, and he created Primary Structures-like sculptures and anti-formalist works, as well as various forms of expression such as happenings. Morris
Morris, Charles William Born: May 23, 1901, Denver
[Died] January 19, 1979. Gainesville, Florida. American philosopher. Professor at the University of Chicago. He made great contributions to the fields of semiotics and semantics, particularly introducing a semantic approach to traditional logical positivism and advocating scientific empiricism. In the field of religion, he advocated not being attached to only one tradition, but to adopting an attitude that involves many traditions at the same time. His major works include Six Theories of Mind (1932), Logical Positivism Pragmatism and Scientific Empiricism (37), Foundations of the Theory of Signs (38), Signs, Language and Behaviour (46), Varieties of Human Value (56), Signification and Significance (64). Morris
Morris, Wright Born January 6, 1910 in Central City, Nebraska
[Died] April 25, 1998. Mill Valley, California. American novelist. As a boy, he moved around Nebraska, studied at Pomona College in California for a time, and then traveled to Europe. In 1942, he published his debut novel, My Uncle Dudley. He later published The Field of Vision (1956), which focuses on the individual members of a group of Americans who visit a bullring in Mexico, and won the National Book Award. His other works include The Inhabitants (46) and Love Affair: A Venetian Journal (72), which skillfully combine photographs and text. He also taught literature at universities and wrote The Territory Ahead (58), a treatise on American literature. Morris
Morris, Mark William Born: August 29, 1956, Seattle. American dancer and choreographer. He first studied Spanish dance. In 1976, he moved to New York and studied ballet under M. Black and J. Lorenz. After working with the E. Feld Ballet Company and the Hana Kahn Dance Company, he formed his own dance company in 1980. He also worked as a guest choreographer, choreographing A Toast With Your Eyes (1988) for the American Ballet Theater starring M. Barishnikov. In 1988, he was invited to the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels, where he has since been based. He uses an eclectic approach that incorporates dance movements from various genres, and his works range from religious works such as Stabat Mater (86) to humorous works such as Mythology (86), which features striptease and professional wrestling. He also uses a wide variety of music, from classical to country and western. Morris
Morris, Governor Born January 31, 1752 in Morrisania, New York
[Died] November 6, 1816. Morrisania, New York. American politician. One of the major landowners who controlled the New York Colony. During the American Revolution, as a conservative, he opposed democratization of the colony, but supported independence from Britain. In 1771, he became a lawyer, and in 1778-79, he served as a representative to the Continental Congress, supporting George Washington. In 1787, he wrote the final draft of the Constitutional Convention of the United States. In 1789, he traveled to France, where he lived for 10 years, during which time he witnessed the French Revolution. In 1792, he was appointed minister to France, but he openly criticized the intensification of the revolution and was dismissed in 1794. As a financial expert, he worked hard to establish the monetary system, and proposed the names "dollar" and "cent." He left behind A Diary of the French Revolution (2 volumes, 1939). Morris
Morris, Robert Born 31 January 1734 in Liverpool
Died May 7, 1806, Philadelphia. Financier and politician during the American Revolution. Reluctant to support American independence, he was a representative to the Continental Congress, but was unable to give up his dream of cooperation with Britain, and signed the Declaration of Independence several weeks late. During the War of Independence, from 1776 to 1778, he made a major contribution as the central figure in raising funds for the colonial army. From 1781 to 1784, he served as Superintendent General of the Confederate Government, and was also the head of the Confederate Navy. During this time, he accumulated a huge personal fortune, and in 1781, he was instrumental in establishing the Bank of North America in Philadelphia. From 1789 to 1895, he supported the financial policies of A. Hamilton, a senator. In his later years, he withdrew his assets from commerce and banking and invested them in land speculation, which failed and led to bankruptcy. Morris
Morris (Morrison), Clara Born: 1846/1848.3.17, Toronto
[Died] November 20, 1925, New Canaan, Connecticut. American actress. She began her stage career as a child actress, and made her Broadway debut in 1870, receiving rave reviews in roles such as Lady Macbeth (1875) and Jane Eyre (1878). She retired in 1885 due to illness, and thereafter took up writing, including The Story of My Life (1904). She recovered in 1904 and returned to the stage, and from 1905 onwards she occasionally appeared in vaudeville. Morris
Morris, Lewis Born: April 8, 1726, Morrisania, New York
Died January 22, 1798 in Morrisania, New York. A politician during the American Revolution. A major New York landowner. Graduated from Yale University in 1746. Active in colonial politics from 1762 onwards, he criticised British control policies. Represented New York in the Continental Congress from 1775 to 1776. Was absent from Philadelphia when the Declaration of Independence was adopted, and signed it at the end of 1776. Served intermittently as a New York State Senator from 1777 to 1790. Morris
Morris, Sir Lewis Born: 23 January 1833, Carmarthen
[Died] November 12, 1907. Pembryn English poet. Born in Wales. Studied at Oxford University and contributed to the founding of the University of Wales. Author of six volumes of poetry including Songs of Two Worlds (1872). Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia About Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Information |
