Billy Morris

William Morris (1834–1896) was a British writer, designer and socialist.

William, Bill or Billy Morris may also refer to:

  • William Placid Morris (1794–1872), British/Australian bishop
  • Bill Morris (bishop) (born 1943), Bishop Emeritus of Toowoomba, Australia
  • William Morris (glass artist) (born 1957), American glass artist
  • William Morris, litblogger at A Motley Vision
  • William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield (1877–1963), British motor manufacturer
  • William Hopkins Morris, American Civil War general, see Gettysburg Union order of battle
  • William Morris, known as Haldreyn (born 1937), Cornish poet
  • William E. Morris (Long Island Rail Road), LIRR president from 1853 to 1862
  • Captain William Morris, a fictional character in the Richard Sharpe novels
  • William Morris, founder of the William Morris Agency, an American talent and literary agency
  • Billy Morris (guitarist)
  • William Morris (minister) (born 1925), Church of Scotland minister and author
  • William Morris (British Army officer) (1820–1858), British soldier who rode in the Charge of the Light Brigade
  • William Morris (actor) (1861–1936), stage and screen actor, father of film star Chester Morris

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Famous quotes containing the words billy and/or morris:

    “Oh, where have you been, Billy boy, Billy boy?
    Oh, where have you been, charming Billy?”
    “I’ve been to seek a wife,
    She’s the joy of my life,
    She’s a young thing, and cannot leave her mother.”
    —Unknown. Billy Boy (l. 1–5)

    We never stop investigating. We are never satisfied that we know enough to get by. Every question we answer leads on to another question. This has become the greatest survival trick of our species.
    —Desmond Morris (b. 1928)