About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: William Morris, Chris Day, Danniella Westbrook, Dean Holdsworth, Colin Kazim-Richards, Matthew Bourne, Andros Townsend, Bill Boaks, Patrick Agyemang, Gavin Hoyte, George Alfred Barnard, Fitz Hall, Malcolm Morley, Jody Fleisch, Sydney Walter Robinson, Martin Hayes, David Holdsworth, Dave Cairns, Ernest William Haslehust, Steven Yearley, Gareth James, Adam Woodyatt, Alan Fersht, Octavius Wigram, James Richardson-Brown, Gary Cohen, Jon Goodman, Maurice Glasman, Baron Glasman, Roger Morgan, Ian Morgan, Dennis Bond, Mick Box, Ernie Phypers, Brian Keaney, Ron Todd, Terry Cole, George Foreman, Godfrey Vigne, Albert Page, William Oliver, Nigel King, Tom Goode, Andy Gangadeen, Larry Gage, Ada Maddocks, Alf Vango, George Monoux. Excerpt: William Morris (24 March 1834 - 3 October 1896) was an English textile designer, artist, writer, and socialist associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and the English Arts and Crafts Movement. He founded a design firm in partnership with the artist Edward Burne-Jones, and the poet and artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti which profoundly influenced the decoration of churches and houses into the early 20th century. As an author, illustrator and medievalist, he is considered an important writer of the British Romantic movement, helping to establish the modern fantasy genre; and a direct influence on postwar authors such as J.R.R. Tolkien. He was also a major contributor to reviving traditional textile arts and methods of production, and one of the founders of the SPAB, now a statutory element in the preservation of historic buildings in the UK. Morris wrote and published poetry, fiction, and translations of ancient and medieval texts throughout his life. His best-known works include The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems (1858), The Earthly Paradise (1868-1870), A Dream of John Ball...
