William Morris

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designer human interior decorator key figure of the Arts and Crafts movement poet political activist publisher socialist activist textile designer translator writer

William Morris was a British designer, writer, and socialist activist who became a leading figure in the Arts and Crafts Movement and a key influence on decorative arts and design in the late 19th century.

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instanceOf designer ⓘ
human ⓘ
interior decorator ⓘ
key figure of the Arts and Crafts movement ⓘ
poet ⓘ
political activist ⓘ
publisher ⓘ
socialist activist ⓘ
textile designer ⓘ
translator ⓘ
writer ⓘ
birthDate 1834-03-24 ⓘ
birthPlace Walthamstow, Essex, England ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
deathDate 1896-10-03 ⓘ
deathPlace Hammersmith, London, England ⓘ
educatedAt Exeter College, Oxford ⓘ
Marlborough College ⓘ
familyName Morris ⓘ
fieldOfWork book design ⓘ
decorative arts ⓘ
socialist theory ⓘ
textile design ⓘ
founded Kelmscott Press ⓘ
Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
influenced Arts and Crafts movement ⓘ
J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
fantasy literature ⓘ
modern design ⓘ
influencedBy John Ruskin ⓘ
Pre-Raphaelite art ⓘ
surface form: Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
knownFor Kelmscott Press books ⓘ
leading figure in the Arts and Crafts movement ⓘ
revival of traditional textile arts ⓘ
wallpaper and fabric designs ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Social Democratic Federation ⓘ
Socialist League ⓘ
movement Arts and Crafts movement ⓘ
British socialism ⓘ
Pre-Raphaelite art ⓘ
surface form: Pre-Raphaelite circle
name William Morris self-link ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableWork A Dream of John Ball ⓘ
Hopes and Fears for Art ⓘ
News from Nowhere ⓘ
The Defence of Guenevere, and Other Poems ⓘ
The Earthly Paradise ⓘ
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs ⓘ
The Well at the World’s End ⓘ
occupation businessman ⓘ
designer ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
poet ⓘ
socialist activist ⓘ
textile designer ⓘ
translator ⓘ
writer ⓘ
politicalIdeology socialism ⓘ
residence Kelmscott House, Hammersmith ⓘ
Kelmscott Manor, Oxfordshire ⓘ
spouse Jane Morris ⓘ

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J. R. R. Tolkien → influencedBy → William Morris ⓘ
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Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. → foundedBy → William Morris ⓘ
William Morris → name → William Morris self-link ⓘ
Exeter College, Oxford → notableAlumnus → William Morris ⓘ
Edward Burne-Jones → closeFriend → William Morris ⓘ
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John Ruskin → influenced → William Morris ⓘ
American Craftsman style → influencedBy → William Morris ⓘ
Walter Crane → influencedBy → William Morris ⓘ
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Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society → influencedBy → William Morris ⓘ
Morris & Co. → founder → William Morris ⓘ
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May Morris → father → William Morris ⓘ
May Morris → influencedBy → William Morris ⓘ
Gustav Stickley → influencedBy → William Morris ⓘ
C. R. Ashbee → influencedBy → William Morris ⓘ
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Kelmscott → associatedWith → William Morris ⓘ
subject surface form: Kelmscott Manor
M. H. Baillie Scott → influencedBy → William Morris ⓘ
Leek, Staffordshire → associatedWithPerson → William Morris ⓘ
Henry van de Velde → influencedBy → William Morris ⓘ
Oxford Union murals project → creator → William Morris ⓘ
Peter Paul Marshall → hasPartnershipWith → William Morris ⓘ
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The Firm → foundedBy → William Morris ⓘ
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Walthamstow, Essex, England → birthplaceOf → William Morris ⓘ
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Jane Morris → collaboratedWith → William Morris ⓘ
Kelmscott Press → foundedBy → William Morris ⓘ
Kelmscott Press → publishedAuthor → William Morris ⓘ
The Earthly Paradise → author → William Morris ⓘ
The Earthly Paradise → creator → William Morris ⓘ
News from Nowhere → author → William Morris ⓘ
The Defence of Guenevere, and Other Poems → author → William Morris ⓘ
The Defence of Guenevere, and Other Poems → firstBookBy → William Morris ⓘ
A Dream of John Ball → author → William Morris ⓘ
A Dream of John Ball → hasIllustrationsBy → William Morris ⓘ
A Dream of John Ball → workOf → William Morris ⓘ
The Well at the World’s End → author → William Morris ⓘ
The Well at the World’s End → hasIllustrator → William Morris ⓘ