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LEFT HORHIS 313 MORRISON MORRIS, GOUVERNEUR, an Ameri- can statesman: born in Morrisania, N. Y., Jan. 31, 1752. He was member of the Continental Congress, 1777-1780; of the committee that drafted the Constitution, 1787; minister to France, 1792-1794; United States Senator from New York, 1800-1803. He was noted for ability both in political thought and political action. Specimens of his writing can be seen in Jared Sparks's "Memoirs of Gouvemeur Morris" (3 vols. 1832). Annie Gary Mor- ris's "Diary and Letters of Gouverneur Morris" (2 vols. 1889), etc. He died in Morrisania, Nov. 6, 1816. MORRIS, GOUVERNEUR, American story writer and novelist; born in New York, 1876. Educated at Yale Univer- sity, graduating in 1898. Engaged in literary work, _ contributing stories to magazines, which were collected and published in book form. Has also writ- ten scenarios for the moving-picture screen. His published works include : "A Bunch of Grapes" (1897) ; "Tom Beau- ling" (1901) ; "Aladdin O'Brien" (1902); "The Pagan's Progress" (1904) ; "Ellen and Her Man" (1904) ; "The Footprint, and Other Stories" (1908) ; "Putting on the Screws" (1909) ; "Spread Eagle" (1910) ; "The Voice in the Rice" (1910) ; "It, and Others" (1912) ; "If You Touch Them They Vanish" (1913); "The In- candescent Lily" (1914) ; "His Daugh- ter" (1918); "The Wild Goose" (1919). MORRIS, SIR LEWIS, an English poet; bom in Carmarthen, Wales, in 1833. He was educated at Oxford, where in 1855 he was graduated first- class in classics, and won the Chancel- lor's prize; practiced law till 1881, then honorary secretary, afterward treasurer, to the University of Wales; in 1877 elected an honorary fellow of Jesus Col- lege, Oxford; was knighted in 1895. He wrote: "Songs of Two Worlds" (1872, 1874, and 1875); "The Epic of Hades" (1876): "Songs Unsung"; "Idylls and Lyrics,^' etc. He died Nov. 12, 1907. MORRIS, ROBERT, an American financier, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence; bom in Lancashire, England, Jan. 20, 1734. Coming to America at an early age, he embarked in mercantile business in Philadelphia, and in the Revolution took a prominent part in upholding the National cause. In 1775, he was elected to Congress, and in 1781 appointed Superintendent of Fi- nance. He died in Philadelphia. Pa., May 8, 1806. MORRIS, ROLAND SLETOR, United States Ambassador to Japan, appointed by President Wilson in July, 1917; bora in Olympia, Wash., in 1874; educated at Princeton University. In 1899 he began the practice of law in Philadelphia, spe- cializing in corporation law. In politics he has taken an active part in the coun- cils of the Democratic party, being a delegate to several of the national con- ventions, and State chairman of the party in Pennsylvania. MORRIS, WILLIAM, an English poet; bom in Walthamstow, Essex, Eng- land, March 24, 1834. He was graduated at Oxford. His artistic bent prompted him to embark in the designing and manufacture of high-class decorations for house interiors. Morris published an epic poem, "Jason" (1867) ; "The Earth- ly Paradise" (1868-1870); "Love Is Enough" (1873); "Sigurd the Volsung" (1877); etc. He translated various Scan- dinavian works, translated Virgil's "^neid" and Homer's "Odyssey" into English verse, and published several lec- tures on art. He was a leader of the socialistic movement in Great Britain. He died in Hammersmith, England, Oct. 3, 1896. MORRIS ISLAND, a small island at the S. enterance to Charleston Harbor, S. C. During the Civil War it was oc- cupied by Fort Wagner and other fortifi- cations. MORRISON, ARTHUR, an English writer; bom in 1863. During his em- ployment and residence for some years as secretary of a Charity Trust in the East End of London, he made a study of life in the slums, which he reproduced in his powerful "Tales of Mean Streets" (1895), and "The Child of the Jago" (1896). He wrote also: "Martin Hewitt, Investigator" (1894), detective stories; "The Dorrington Deed-Box"; "Green Ginger," etc. MORRISON, FRANK, an American labor leader, born at Franktown, Ontario, in 1859. He was educated in the com- mon schools and studied law at the Lake Forest University Law School, in Chi- cago. Prior to that time he had worked as a printer. He took an active part in the labor movement, and from 1897 was secretary of the American Federation of Labor. MORRISON, JOHN FRANK, Amer- ican military officer, born in Charlottes- ville, N. Y., 1857. Graduated from West Point, 1881, and served in Cuba and Philippines. Accompanied Japanese ar- mies as American observer during Russo- Japanese War. Was appointed instructor at Leavenworth service schools, becoming chief of department of military art in