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- American archaeologist (b. Oct. 7, 1939, Murray, Ky.-d. June 14, 2006, New York, N.Y.), was one of the world's foremost authorities on the civilization of the Incas; he was particularly noted for leading several archaeological expeditions in the 1970s and '80s to the Inca city of Huanuco Pampa in the ...
- Morris, Edward Patrick Morris, 1st Baron
- statesman, premier of Newfoundland from 1909 to 1918, and member of the British House of Lords from 1918.
- Morris, Elizabeth
- leading actress of the late 18th- and early 19th-century American stage.
- Morris, Esther Hobart McQuigg Slack
- American suffragist and public official whose major role in gaining voting rights for women in Wyoming was a milestone for the national woman suffrage movement.
- Morris, George Sylvester
- (from the article "Dewey, John") ...in 1879, Dewey taught high school for three years. In the fall of 1882 he entered Johns Hopkins University, in Baltimore, for advanced study in philosophy. There he came under the influence of George Sylvester Morris, who was a leading exponent of Neo-Hegelianism, a revival of the thought of the ...
- Morris, Glenn
- (from the article "decathlon") Glenn Morris of the United States, with a world record of 7,900 points in 1936, and Bob Mathias of the United States, with two Olympic titles and a record of 8,042 points in 1950, excelled under the second table. Mathias also set the first record of 7,887 under the third ...
- Morris, Gouverneur
- American statesman, diplomat, and financial expert who helped plan the U.S. decimal coinage system.
- Morris, Henry Madison, Jr.
- American scientist (b. Oct. 6, 1918, Dallas, Texas-d. Feb. 25, 2006, Santee, Calif.), was credited as one of the founders of the creation science movement, which held that the Bible was a literal and accurate explanation of the creation of Earth. Morris, a hydraulic engineer, and theologian John C. Whitcomb ...
- Morris, Joan
- (from the article "Bolcom, William") From 1971 Bolcom and his wife, mezzo-soprano Joan Morris, performed concerts of 19th- and 20th-century American popular songs. He was also active as a writer and editor. He coedited The New Grove Gospel, Blues, and Jazz (1986), cowrote with Robert Kimball the book Reminiscing ...
- Morris, Joshua
- (from the article "Hogarth, William") A lawsuit he brought in 1728 against Joshua Morris, a tapestry weaver, throws eloquent light on his susceptibilities. The details of the case reveal that, by the age of 30, Hogarth felt sufficiently confident of his abilities to embark on a painting career. Morris failed to share this confidence and ...
- Morris, Lewis
- (from the article "Celtic literature") ...Many other poets wrote in these metres, but they were generally crude until handled by the greatest poet of the period, Huw Morus, who was particularly famous for his love poems. Later came Lewis Morris, the inspirer and patron of Goronwy Owen and thus a strong link with the next ...
- Morris, Margaret
- (from the article "dance notation") The 20th century was marked by the advent of abstract symbol systems, notably those of Margaret Morris and Rudolf Laban. Morris, a British dancer, teacher, and choreographer, was also a movement therapist, which led to her anatomical approach to recording movement. She outlined her system in The ...
- Morris, Mark
- American dancer and choreographer who formed his own modern dance company, the Mark Morris Dance Group. He was noted for his innovative and, at times, controversial works. [1 Related Articles]
- Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Company
- (from the article "Morris, William") ...the furnishing and decorating of this house by Morris and his friends that the idea came to them of founding an association of "fine art workmen," which in April 1861 became the firm of Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Company, with premises in Red Lion Square. The other members of the ...
- Morris, Nelson
- (from the article "Swift, Gustavus Franklin") ...a partnership with his brother, and in 1885, with a capital of $300,000, he incorporated the firm of Swift & Company, with himself as first president. In addition to competing successfully with Nelson Morris and Philip D. Armour, Swift established distributing houses in such cities as Tokyo, Shanghai, and Manila ...
- Morris, Norval
- New Zealand-born American criminologist (b. Oct. 1, 1923, Auckland, N.Z.-d. Feb. 21, 2004, Chicago, Ill.), spent 55 years in academe-40 of them at the University of Chicago, where he served as founding director of the Center for Studies in Criminal Justice, dean of the law school, and professor of law ...
- Morris, Oswald
- (from the article "1971: Other Winners") Original Screenplay: Paddy Chayefsky for The HospitalAdapted Screenplay: Ernest Tidyman for The French ConnectionCinematography: Oswald Morris for Fiddler on the RoofArt Direction: Ernest Archer, John Box, Jack Maxsted, Gil Parrondo for Nicholas and AlexandraOriginal Dramatic Score: Michel Legrand for...
- Morris, Richard B
- American educator and historian, known for his works on early American history.
- Morris, Robert
- American artist whose minimalist sculptures and personalized performance works contributed significantly to the avant-garde movements of the 1960s and '70s.
- Morris, Robert
- American merchant and banker who came to be known as the financier of the American Revolution (1775-83). [2 Related Articles]
- Morris, Thomas
- Scottish golfer who won the British Open golf tournament four times. [1 Related Articles]
- Morris, Thomas, Jr.
- Scottish golfer who, like his father, Thomas Morris, won the British Open golf tournament four times. [2 Related Articles]
- Morris, William
- (from the article "graphic design") ...drab, gray inks, and anemic text typefaces were often the order of the day. Near the end of the century, a book-design renaissance began as a direct result of the English Arts and Crafts Movement. William Morris, the leader of the movement, was a major figure in the evolution of ...
- Morris, William
- English designer, craftsman, poet, and early socialist, whose designs for furniture, fabrics, stained glass, wallpaper, and other decorative arts generated the Arts and Crafts movement in England and revolutionized Victorian taste. [26 Related Articles]
- Morris, William
- U.S. theatrical agent and manager who opposed the attempted monopoly of vaudeville talent in the early 20th century.
- Morris, Willie
- American writer and editor (b. Nov. 29, 1934, Jackson, Miss.-d. Aug. 2, 1999, Jackson), drew on his experiences growing up in Yazoo City, Miss., to create novels that explored the warring emotions of Southerners who lived in a region haunted by an era of racial segregation and yet were gripped ...
- Morris, Wright
- American novelist, short-story writer, essayist, and photographer who often wrote about the Midwestern prairie where he grew up. In his writings he sought to recapture the American past and portray the frustrations of contemporary life. [1 Related Articles]
- Morris-Jones, Sir John
- teacher, scholar, and poet who revolutionized Welsh literature. By insisting-through his teaching and his writings and his annual adjudication at national eisteddfodau (poetic competitions)-that correctness was the first essential of style and sincerity the first essential of the literary art, he helped restore to Welsh poetry its classical standards.
- Morrison
- (from the article "dinosaur") Marsh's field parties explored widely, exploiting dozens of now famous areas, among them Yale's sites at Morrison and Canon City, Colorado, and, most important, Como Bluff in southeastern Wyoming. The discovery of Como Bluff in 1877 was a momentous event in the history of paleontology that generated a burst of ...
- Morrison Formation
- series of sedimentary rocks deposited during the Jurassic Period in western North America, from Montana to New Mexico. The Morrison Formation is famous for its dinosaur fossils, which have been collected for more than a century, beginning with a find near the town of Morrison, Colorado, in 1877. Radiometric dating ...
- Morrison, Arthur
- English writer noted for realist novels and short stories describing slum life in London's East End at the end of the Victorian era.
- Morrison, Blake
- (from the article "English literature") Also from Yorkshire was Blake Morrison, whose finest work, The Ballad of the Yorkshire Ripper (1987), was composed in taut, macabre stanzas thickened with dialect. Morrison's work also displayed a growing development in late 20th-century British poetry: the writing of narrative verse. Although there had been earlier ...
- Morrison, Dan
- (from the article "Lewis and Clark Caverns") ...twice passed nearby-were apparently unaware of its presence. One of the largest caves known in the Northwest, Lewis and Clark Caverns was discovered at the turn of the 20th century by hunters. Dan Morrison, a prospector and investor began to develop the cave and publicize it as "Limespur Cave," a ...
- Morrison, DeLesseps Story
- (from the article "New Orleans") ...however, the port grew to be second in the nation after World War II. Substantial progress, at least in physical improvements, came to the city in the 1950s. During the administration of Mayor DeLesseps S. Morrison, a vast railroad consolidation program was achieved and a new railroad terminal constructed. Streets ...
- Morrison, Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron
- British Labour statesman who played a leading role in London local government for 25 years and was a prominent member of the coalition government in World War II and of the postwar Labour governments.
- Morrison, Jim
- (from the article "Doors, the") American band that, with a string of hits in the late 1960s and early 1970s, was the creative vehicle for singer Jim Morrison, one of rock music's mythic figures. The members were Morrison (in full James Douglas Morrison; b. Dec. 8, 1943Melbourne, Fla., U.S.-d. July 3,...
- Morrison, Philip
- American physicist (b. Nov. 7, 1915, Somerville, N.J.-d. April 22, 2005, Cambridge, Mass.), carried the plutonium core of the first atomic bomb on his lap as it was driven to the Trinity test sight in Alamogordo, N.M., in 1945. A protege of J. Robert Oppenheimer, Morrison joined the Manhattan Project ...
- Morrison, Robert
- Presbyterian minister, translator, and the London Missionary Society's first missionary to China; he is considered the father of Protestant mission work there. [1 Related Articles]
- Morrison, Sterling
- U.S. guitarist of the rock group the Velvet Underground (b. Aug. 29, 1942--d. Aug. 30, 1995). [1 Related Articles]
- Morrison, Toni
- American writer noted for her examination of black experience (particularly black female experience) within the black community. She received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993. [4 Related Articles]
- Morrison, Van
- Irish singer-songwriter and occasional saxophonist who played in a succession of groups, most notably Them, in the mid-1960s before enjoying a long, varied, and increasingly successful solo career.
- Morrison, William
- (from the article "automobile") ...tricycle, ran in Paris in 1881. It was followed by other three-wheelers in London (1882) and Boston (1888). The first American battery-powered automobile, built in Des Moines, Iowa, c. 1890, by William Morrison, could maintain a speed of 14 miles (23 km) per hour.
- Morrisseau, Norval
- North American artist was the creator of the pictographic style, which was also known as "Woodland Indian art," "legend painting," or "X-ray art." Morrisseau's powerful works drew on his Ojibwa heritage and on religious themes (his grandfather, his most important influence, was a shaman, and his grandmother was a Roman ...
- Morrissey
- (from the article "Smiths, the") one of the most popular and critically acclaimed English bands of the 1980s. The original members were lead singer Morrissey (original name Steven Patrick Morrissey; b. May 22, 1959Manchester, Eng.), guitarist Johnny Marr (original name John...
- Morristown
- town, seat (1740) of Morris county, north-central New Jersey, U.S., on the Whippany River, 18 miles (29 km) west of Newark. Founded as West Hanover in 1710, when a forge was established to exploit local iron ore, it was renamed in 1740 for Lewis Morris, then governor of the colony. ...
- Morristown
- city, seat (1870) of Hamblen county, northeastern Tennessee, U.S., about 40 miles (65 km) northeast of Knoxville. It lies in a valley bounded on the north and west by Clinch Mountain and on the south by the Great Smoky Mountains. The community was named for Gideon Morris, who settled the ...
- Morristown National Historical Park
- (from the article "Morristown") Morristown National Historical Park, established in 1933, covers about 2.6 square miles (6.8 square km). It includes Jockey Hollow, site of the troop encampment that now has reconstructions of the soldiers' huts; Wick House, a restored revolutionary-era farmhouse that served as headquarters for General Arthur St. Clair; the Jacob Ford ...
- Morro Castle
- (from the article "Havana") ...that dominate Havana's harbour and, for a time in the 17th and 18th centuries, made Havana the most fortified city in Spanish America. The most famous and impressive of these is Morro Castle (Castillo del Morro), completed in 1640. It became the centre of the network of forts protecting Havana, ...
- Morro Grande
- (from the article "Flores Island") ...Atlantic. It forms, together with the Ilha do Corvo, the Santa Cruz group. The island has an area of 55 sq mi (142 sq km), is volcanic in origin, and rises from sea level to 3,087 ft (941 m) at Morro Grande in its centre. It has numerous crater lakes ...
- Morro River
- (from the article "Liberia") The Mano and Morro rivers in the northwest and the Cavalla in the east and southeast are major rivers and form sections of Liberia's boundaries. Other major rivers are the Lofa in the north and, moving southward, the St. Paul, St. John, and Cestos, all of which parallel each other ...
- Morro Velho Mine
- (from the article "Nova Lima") ...at 2,444 feet (745 metres) above sea level, just southeast of Belo Horizonte, the state capital. Nova Lima was made the seat of a municipality in 1891 and became a city in 1936. It is known for its Morro Velho ("Old Mountain") Mine, which was in operation from 1834 to ...
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