431:
163:
450:
253:, was also founded on his suggestion and was its inaugural president 1884–1888. Morris took the greatest interest in the Melbourne public library of which he was appointed a trustee in 1879. He became vice president of the trustees in 1896. His "
210:. Morris resigned from Melbourne Grammar in March 1882 after financial difficulties hit the school; pupil numbers were in decline, partly due to the economic environment and partly to Morris's disciplinary measures.
237:
languages and literature. Morris took a prominent part in the management of the university; for several years he was president of the professorial board, and he was also 1876 elected to the council of
288:
in 1879. Morris died while on a visit to Europe on 1 January 1902. He was survived by a son and three daughters. Morris also wrote two small volumes for the "Epochs of Modern
History" series,
194:, where he graduated B.A. in 1866, with final honors in classics, law, and modern history, and M.A. in 1869. He was an assistant master at St Peter's College, Radley, and at
276:) principles, citing examples of use for each entry through time. It suffered, however, in ignoring street vocabulary, even highly current, inoffensive words such as "pub".
455:
206:
which made progress under his direction. During his period he established the prefect system in 1876 and started the first school journal and the first school library in
546:
521:
531:
238:
526:
195:
162:
536:
511:
348:
327:
541:
516:
506:
407:
154:(25 December 1843 – 1 January 1902) was an English educationist and miscellaneous writer and latterly in colonial Australia.
246:
242:
332:
183:
273:
203:
226:
191:
111:
470:
343:
222:
229:
for the position of professor of modern languages and literature. Morris introduced courses in
English,
501:
496:
353:
250:
214:
285:
256:
179:
426:
403:
265:
435:
300:(1887–89) and some of his lectures were also published separately. He had completed a work,
218:
91:
234:
230:
469:
465:
339:
101:
322:
490:
175:
77:
47:
260:" was published in 1895, and his most important work, his painstaking and valuable
199:
187:
125:
422:
304:, before his death, which has not been published. He also edited a book titled
479:
81:
245:, of which he was the first president, was founded in Melbourne in 1887. The
207:
73:
241:. He had also many outside interests and he suggested that a branch of the
186:
at Madras, and his wife
Rosanna Curtis (1803-1894). Morris was educated at
444:
457:
Austral
English – A Dictionary Of Australasian Words Phrases And Usages
262:
Austral
English: A Dictionary Of Australasian Words, Phrases And Usages
202:
middle-class public school. From 1875 to 1883 he was headmaster of the
121:
63:
171:
43:
440:
161:
166:
The grave of Edward Ellis Morris, Kensal Green
Cemetery, London
249:, for many years the most flourishing literary society in
381:"Charity Organisation Conference: A Society Formed,"
296:(1886). Morris edited the four volumes of Cassell's
141:
131:
117:
107:
97:
87:
69:
53:
30:
23:
284:Morris married the eldest daughter (died 1896) of
264:was published in 1898. For this, he was awarded a
272:has been praised for its basis on "historic" (
8:
225:. In 1883 Morris accepted an offer from the
478:. London: Hutchinson & Co – via
204:Melbourne Church of England grammar school
20:
476:The Dictionary of Australasian Biography
394:John Currey, in "A note on the author",
335:, 1974, pp 293–294. Retrieved 2009-10-17
362:
268:degree by the University of Melbourne.
198:, and in 1871 became headmaster of the
402:) pub. Currey O'Neill Ross Pty (1982)
306:Australia's First Century, 1788 - 1888
213:In November 1882 Morris was appointed
432:Works by or about Edward Ellis Morris
7:
16:British historian and lexicographer
349:Dictionary of Australian Biography
328:Australian Dictionary of Biography
323:Morris, Edward Ellis (1843 - 1902)
14:
547:People from the Madras Presidency
522:Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford
532:British people in colonial India
448:
527:British emigrants to Australia
396:Dictionary of Australian Words
1:
247:Melbourne Shakespeare Society
182:, accountant-general of the
471:"Morris, Edward Ellis"
441:Works by Edward Ellis Morris
423:Works by Edward Ellis Morris
243:Charity Organization Society
537:19th-century lexicographers
447:(public domain audiobooks)
563:
184:British East India Company
178:, the fourteenth child of
512:Australian lexicographers
542:Melbourne Grammar School
310:Picturesque Australasia
302:Cook and his Companions
298:Picturesque Australasia
227:University of Melbourne
192:Lincoln College, Oxford
112:Lincoln College, Oxford
517:Australian headmasters
507:British lexicographers
344:"Morris, Edward Ellis"
223:University of Adelaide
167:
385:, 13 May 1887, p. 10.
372:, 10 Oct. 1876, p. 5.
354:Angus & Robertson
294:The Early Hanovarians
165:
145:Edith Sarah Catherine
459:By Edward E. Morris
170:Morris was born in
152:Edward Ellis Morris
25:Edward Ellis Morris
286:George Higinbotham
257:George Higinbotham
180:John Carnac Morris
168:
427:Project Gutenberg
149:
148:
554:
483:
473:
452:
451:
436:Internet Archive
410:
392:
386:
379:
373:
367:
357:
60:
41:25 December 1843
40:
38:
21:
562:
561:
557:
556:
555:
553:
552:
551:
487:
486:
466:Mennell, Philip
464:
461:at Google Books
449:
419:
414:
413:
400:Austral English
393:
389:
380:
376:
368:
364:
340:Serle, Percival
338:
318:
308:from Cassell's
290:The Age of Anne
282:
270:Austral English
239:Trinity College
160:
136:Austral English
108:Alma mater
62:
58:
42:
36:
34:
26:
17:
12:
11:
5:
560:
558:
550:
549:
544:
539:
534:
529:
524:
519:
514:
509:
504:
499:
489:
488:
485:
484:
462:
453:
438:
429:
418:
417:External links
415:
412:
411:
398:(a reprint of
387:
374:
361:
360:
359:
358:
336:
321:Olive Wykes, '
317:
314:
281:
278:
159:
156:
147:
146:
143:
139:
138:
133:
129:
128:
119:
115:
114:
109:
105:
104:
99:
95:
94:
89:
85:
84:
71:
67:
66:
61:(aged 58)
57:1 January 1902
55:
51:
50:
32:
28:
27:
24:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
559:
548:
545:
543:
540:
538:
535:
533:
530:
528:
525:
523:
520:
518:
515:
513:
510:
508:
505:
503:
500:
498:
495:
494:
492:
481:
477:
472:
467:
463:
460:
458:
454:
446:
442:
439:
437:
433:
430:
428:
424:
421:
420:
416:
409:
405:
401:
397:
391:
388:
384:
378:
375:
371:
366:
363:
355:
351:
350:
345:
341:
337:
334:
330:
329:
324:
320:
319:
315:
313:
311:
307:
303:
299:
295:
291:
287:
280:Personal life
279:
277:
275:
271:
267:
263:
259:
258:
252:
248:
244:
240:
236:
232:
228:
224:
220:
217:professor of
216:
211:
209:
205:
201:
197:
193:
189:
185:
181:
177:
176:British India
173:
164:
157:
155:
153:
144:
140:
137:
134:
132:Notable works
130:
127:
123:
120:
116:
113:
110:
106:
103:
100:
96:
93:
90:
86:
83:
79:
78:lexicographer
75:
72:
68:
65:
56:
52:
49:
48:British India
45:
33:
29:
22:
19:
475:
456:
399:
395:
390:
382:
377:
369:
365:
347:
331:, Volume 5,
326:
309:
305:
301:
297:
293:
292:(1877), and
289:
283:
269:
261:
254:
212:
200:Bedfordshire
188:Rugby School
169:
151:
150:
135:
126:lexicography
59:(1902-01-01)
18:
502:1902 deaths
497:1843 births
255:Memoirs of
98:Nationality
491:Categories
480:Wikisource
408:085902296X
352:. Sydney:
316:References
196:Haileybury
82:headmaster
70:Occupation
37:1843-12-25
383:The Argus
208:Melbourne
158:Biography
74:Historian
468:(1892).
445:LibriVox
342:(1949).
266:Litt. D.
251:Victoria
88:Language
434:at the
370:The Age
221:at the
219:English
122:History
102:British
92:English
64:England
406:
235:German
233:, and
231:French
215:Hughes
172:Madras
142:Spouse
44:Madras
118:Genre
404:ISBN
190:and
54:Died
31:Born
443:at
425:at
333:MUP
325:',
274:OED
493::
474:.
346:.
312:.
174:,
124:,
80:,
76:,
46:,
482:.
356:.
39:)
35:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
