William Morris’ Death – Cause and Date

The novelist William Morris died at the age of 62. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

An English author, craftsman, and textile artist, he is best known for influencing the development of the fantasy fiction genre. His notable works include The Earthly Paradise and News from Nowhere.

He was born in Walthamstow, London, England. He married Jane Burden and had two daughters.

Quotes

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Give me love and work – these two only.

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History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people, because they created.

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I don’t remember being taught to read, and by the time I was seven years old, I had read a very great many books, good, bad, and indifferent.

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The past is not dead, it is living in us, and will be alive in the future which we are now helping to make.

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A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working at it and wills it, is exercising the energies of his mind and soul as well as of his body. Memory and imagination help him as he works.