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William Morris

1834 - 1896

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William Morris (24 March 1834 – 3 October 1896) was an English textile designer, poet, artist, writer, and socialist activist associated with the British Arts and Crafts movement. He was a major contributor to the revival of traditional British textile arts and methods of production. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Morris has received more than 4,160,652 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). William Morris is the 7th most popular designer, the 254th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the most popular British Designer.

William Morris was a socialist activist, poet, artist, and craftsman. He is most famous for his work in the Arts and Crafts Movement, which he founded with John Ruskin and Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

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  • 56

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.07

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  • 3.84

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Among DESIGNERS

Among designers, William Morris ranks 7 out of 86. Before him are Steve Jobs, Antonio Stradivari, Ferdinand Porsche, Giorgio Armani, Gianni Versace, and Peter Carl Fabergé. After him are Thomas Andrews, Aldus Manutius, Paco Rabanne, Gerrit Rietveld, László Moholy-Nagy, and Michael Thonet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1834, William Morris ranks 6. Before him are Dmitri Mendeleev, Edgar Degas, Ernst Haeckel, Gottlieb Daimler, and John Venn. After him are Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, Léon Walras, Duchess Helene in Bavaria, August Weismann, Amilcare Ponchielli, and James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Among people deceased in 1896, William Morris ranks 7. Before him are Alfred Nobel, Paul Verlaine, Clara Schumann, Anton Bruckner, Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria, and August Kekulé. After him are Hippolyte Fizeau, Otto Lilienthal, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ivar Aasen, John Everett Millais, and H. H. Holmes.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Morris ranks 254 out of 7,765. Before him are Timothy Dalton (1946), Roger Waters (1943), Randal Cremer (1828), Arthur Evans (1851), Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (1947), and Ælfweard of Wessex (904). After him are Joe Cocker (1944), Empress Matilda (1102), Anthony Giddens (1938), Owen Willans Richardson (1879), Graham Greene (1904), and Edmund I (921).

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Among DESIGNERS In United Kingdom

Among designers born in United Kingdom, William Morris ranks 1. After him are Thomas Andrews (1873), Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868), Thomas Chippendale (1718), Alexander McQueen (1969), Beau Brummell (1778), Josiah Wedgwood (1730), John Baskerville (1706), Paul Smith (1946), Storm Thorgerson (1944), Laura Ashley (1925), and Jony Ive (1967).

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