Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Harrison Smith MORRIS
MORRIS, Harrison Smith, editor and author, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 4, 1856; son of George Washington and Catharine (Harris) Morris; grandson of George Washington and Jane (Walters) Morris, and of Nicholas and Louisa (Shearer) Harris, and a descendant of Samuel and Thomas Harris, who settled on Long Island and removed thence to Salem, N.J. He attended the common schools; obtained employment in the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron company in 1873; was promoted assistant cashier, and resigned in 1892. He was appointed managing director of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 1893; was editor of Lippincott's Magazine in 1899, and elected a member of the American Philosophical society in 1899. Ha was married, June 2, 1896, to Anna, daughter of Joseph Wharton. He edited: A Mosaic (1891); In the Yule Log Glow (1892); Where the Meadows Meet the Sea (1892), and Tales from Ten Poets (1893); and is the author of: Tales from Shakespeare, a continuation and completion of the work begun by Charles and Mary Lamb (1893); Madonna, and Other Poems (1894).
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