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Although there is no record of his having had any further education, Lewis Morris began his career as an estate-surveyor, and was employed by the
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The idea for the survey probably arose while he was working as a
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In his spare time, Morris began prospecting for lead, and during the 1750s he was in constant dispute with his employers and was prosecuted and lost his job as collector of tolls at
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Lewis Morris was the eldest son of Morris ap
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best known for his hydrographic surveys of the Welsh Coast.
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