Catharine Jan Morris CBE FRSL (born James Humphry Morris; 2 October 1926 – 20 November 2020) was a Welsh historian, author and travel writer. She was known...
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This is a list of the literary works by British writer and historian Jan Morris (1926–2020). Coast to Coast (published in the US as As I Saw the USA; 1956:...
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Twm Morys (section Work with Jan Morris)
and musician. Twm Morys was born in 1961 in Oxford, a son to the writer Jan Morris. He was brought up in Llanystumdwy and attended Ysgol y Llan, before attending...
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Venice (1960) is a celebrated book by the Welsh author Jan Morris (1926-2020) on the history, culture and meaning of Venice, Italy. It won the 1961 Heinemann...
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The Pax Britannica Trilogy comprises three books of history written by Jan Morris. The books cover the British Empire, from the earliest days of the East...
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for trans women. Notable patients include Coccinelle, April Ashley and Jan Morris. Surgeons, including Stanley Biber, have credited Burou's methods as the...
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to Iolo Morganwg; it has been adopted by some Neo-Druids. According to Jan Morris, Iolo Morganwg did in fact create what is now called "The Awen" as a symbol...
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poetry, however, the term has a completely different meaning. According to Jan Morris, "When Welsh poets speak of Free Verse, they mean forms like the sonnet...
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crossing the inner German border to be a somewhat disturbing experience. Jan Morris wrote: Travelling from west to east through [the inner German border]...
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to Jane Morris. Marsh, Jan (1986). Jane and May Morris: A Biographical Story 1839–1938. London: Pandora Press. ISBN 0-86358-026-2. Marsh, Jan (2000)....
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Letters from Hav is a Booker Prize-shortlisted 1985 novel by Welsh writer Jan Morris. Last Letters from Hav was republished in 2006 together with Hav of the...
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basketball player Jan Morris (born 1963), Welsh historian, author and travel writer. Jan Mølby (born 1963), Danish footballer. Jan Murray (1916–2006)...
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Truth Against the World God and All Goodness.": 154-155 According to Jan Morris, "The Eisteddfod Genedlaethol flourishes as never before, having matured...
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member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon (Alpha chapter) fraternity. Welsh author Jan Morris wrote that Robert Lincoln, "having failed fifteen out of sixteen subjects...
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p. 118. Sharada DwivediRahul Mehrotra 1995. Robert W. Bradnock 1994. Jan Morris 2005, p. 195. "N. Kamala". jnu.ac.in. Jawaharlal Nehru University. Retrieved...
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Greyfriars, Oxford. Notable non-fiction works on Oxford include Oxford by Jan Morris. The university is parodied in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series with...
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Bryson and Paul Theroux, and Welsh author Jan Morris are or were widely acclaimed as travel writers (though Morris has frequently claimed herself as a writer...
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Dutch leader Justinus van Nassau and the Spanish Genoese general Spinola. Jan Morris has called it "one of the most Spanish of all pictures". The Surrender...
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close enough for Stobart to catch the emotion of the moment on film. Jan Morris, the correspondent on the spot of The Times newspaper, heard the news...
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Islands Hav, a fictional location in the novel Last Letters from Hav by Jan Morris Hav., the author abbreviation for Norwegian botanist Johan Havaas Have...
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Altria (redirect from Philip Morris Cos.)
Altria Group, Inc. (previously known as Philip Morris Companies, Inc.) is an American corporation and one of the world's largest producers and marketers...
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actress Jackie Morris (born 1961), British writer and illustrator Jan Morris (1926–2020), Welsh historian, author, travel writer Jane Alice Morris (also known...
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Dragonlance fantasy novel by Jeff Crook Conundrum, a memoir written by Jan Morris Conundrum Press (disambiguation), two book publishing companies in North...
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Morris Internet Archive : Chronology". Retrieved 24 August 2008. Anna Mason, Jan Marsh, Jenny Lister, Rowan Bain and Hanne Faurby, authors May Morris:...
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and Jan Morris, the travel writer. A photographic portrait taken in 1968 by Godfrey Argent is held by the National Portrait Gallery. "Gareth Morris". The...
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battle honours, the siege of Kut is named as "Defence of Kut Al Amara". Jan Morris, a British historian, described the loss of Kut as "the most abject capitulation...
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during the 1925 National Eisteddfod of Wales. Lewis has been described by Jan Morris as, "the most passionate of twentieth century Welsh patriots", and as...
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subject matter and symbolism allowed viewers to make up their own tale. Jan Morris wrote that the picture changed the way she looked at painting. She was...
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Garrett Isaac Morris (born February 1, 1937) is an American actor. He was part of the original cast and was the first Black cast member of the sketch comedy...
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McGrath Morris (born 1954), American biographer Jan Morris (1926–2020), British historian, author and travel writer; formerly known as James Morris James...
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