Edward Samuel Morris (10 August 1940 – 29 May 2016) was a British art historian perhaps best known for his "masterly" ''French Art in Nineteenth Century Britain''.

Early life

Edward Samuel Morris was born on 10 August 1940 in

Bognor Regis Bognor Regis (), also known as Bognor, is a town and seaside resort in West Sussex on the south coast of England, south-west of London, west of Brighton, south-east of Chichester and east of Portsmouth. Other nearby towns include Littleham ...

, the son of Edward Cadman Morris, a British Navy officer, and Winifred Morris. He was educated at

Rugby School Rugby School is a Public school (United Kingdom), private boarding school for pupils aged 13–18, located in the town of Rugby, Warwickshire in England. Founded in 1567 as a free grammar school for local boys, it is one of the oldest independ ...

and

Peterhouse, Cambridge Peterhouse is the oldest Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England, founded in 1284 by Hugh de Balsham, Bishop of Ely. Peterhouse has around 300 undergraduate and 175 graduate stud ...

. In 1964, he gave up a well-paid city job to study a master's degree in

art history Art history is the study of Work of art, artistic works made throughout human history. Among other topics, it studies art’s formal qualities, its impact on societies and cultures, and how artistic styles have changed throughout history. Tradit ...

at London's

Courtauld Institute of Art The Courtauld Institute of Art (), commonly referred to as The Courtauld, is a self-governing college of the University of London specialising in the study of the history of art and conservation. The art collection is known particularly for ...

, where he was taught by the novelist

Anita Brookner Anita Brookner (16 July 1928 – 10 March 2016) was an English novelist and art historian. She was Slade Professor of Fine Art at the University of Cambridge from 1967 to 1968 and was the first woman to hold this visiting professorship. She ...

and the spy

Anthony Blunt Anthony Frederick Blunt (26 September 1907 – 26 March 1983), (formerly styled Sir Anthony Blunt from 1956 until November 1979), was a leading British art historian and a Soviet spy. Blunt was a professor of art history at the University ...

Career

Morris was curator of fine art at Liverpool's

Walker Art Gallery The Walker Art Gallery is an art gallery in Liverpool, which houses one of the largest art collections in England outside London. It is part of the National Museums Liverpool group. History The Walker Art Gallery's collection dates from 1819 ...

from 1966 to 1999, and chairman of the editorial board of the PMSA's National Recording Project from 1997 to 2015.

Death

He died of double pneumonia on 29 May 2016.

Publications

''French Art in Nineteenth Century Britain'' (Yale University Press, 2005)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Morris, Edward 1940 births 2016 deaths Alumni of Peterhouse, Cambridge Alumni of the Courtauld Institute of Art British art historians People educated at Rugby School People from Bognor Regis