MORRIS
,
Sir
LEWIS
(
1833
-
1907
),
poet and educationist
;
b.
23 Jan. 1833
, at
Carmarthen
, son of
Lewis Edward William
Morris
and great-grandson of
Lewis
Morris
(q.v.)
. After a brilliant academic career at
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School
,
Carmarthen
, at
Cowbridge
and
Sherborne
Schools, and at
Jesus College
,
Oxford
(graduated
1856
), he was
called to the Bar
in
1861
. In
1871
he published anonymously
Songs of Two Worlds
, and a second and third series under the same title in
1874
and
1875
. Other volumes of verse followed till the end of his life, of which
The Epic of Hades
,
1876-7
, is the best known and most ambitious. His verse is wholesome, fluent, but uninspired. His most lasting work was that done for higher education in
Wales
. In
1878
he became
joint honorary secretary
to the
University College of Wales
,
Aberystwyth
; he was
joint treasurer
1889-96
, and a
vice-president
from
1896
till his death. A
Liberal
in politics, he unsuccessfully
contested many parliamentary seats
. He had m.
Florence Julia
Pollard
in
1868
; there were two daughters and a son. He d.
10 Nov. 1907
.
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