= Henry_Morley =

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= Henry_Morley =
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Introduction
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Henry Morley (15 September 1822 - 14 May 1894) was an English academic
who was one of the earliest professors of English literature in Great
Britain. He also authored a popular book featuring biographies of
notable English writers.

Life
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The son of apothecary Henry Morley, the younger Morley was born in
Hatton Garden, London. He was educated at a Moravian Church school in
Neuwied, Germany at the age of ten, from 1833 to 1835, then he
attended a preparatory school in Stockwell and entered King's College
London in 1838 for medical studies. Morley graduated in 1843 and
became part of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries, a professional
organization, that same year.

Morley worked as a physician in partnership with another doctor in
Madeley, Shropshire, but it turned into a financial failure because of
the dishonesty of his partner who was unlicensed. In 1848, he
established a school in Manchester and started writing in his spare
time. Morley wrote some satirical articles that were published and
gained the attention of Charles Dickens.

At Dickens' invitation, Morley moved to London in 1850 to become an
editor of and a contributor to Dickens' publication, 'Household
Words'. When that publication dissolved, Morley worked for its
successor, 'All the Year Round'. From 1859 to 1864, Morley also edited
and wrote for 'The Examiner'.

From 1865 to 1889, Morley served as Professor of English Literature at
University College London, his students including the Indian writer
Rabindranath Tagore. Noted for his knowledge of English literature,
Morley was considered to be an engaging and warm teacher. He also
delivered popular lectures on literature in different parts of Great
Britain. He was awarded an honorary LLD degree by the University of
Edinburgh in 1879. Henry Morley was a strong supporter of degrees for
women. He supported in particular Annie Leigh Browne when she opened
in 1882 a residence for women students at Byng Place, renamed College
Hall in 1886.

From 1882 to 1889, Morley was principal of University Hall, a research
library in Bloomsbury, London.

Morley's biography was written in 1898 by Henry Shaen Solly, his
son-in-law and former student.

Morley died on 14 May 1894 in Carisbrooke on the Isle of Wight and is
buried at Carisbrooke Cemetery.

Works
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Morley was the editor of two book series. 'Morley's Universal
Library', drawing on the concept of a universal library, was published
from 1883 by George Routledge. 'Cassell's National Library' was
published from 1886, totalling 209 weekly editions.

Morley was the author of biographies on Bernard Palissy, Heinrich
Cornelius Agrippa, Gerolamo Cardano and Clément Marot. He also wrote
introductions to two books written by John Locke--the 1884 edition of
"Two Treatises of Government" and the 1889 edition of "A Letter
Concerning Toleration".

Morley's principal work, however, was 'English Writers' (10 volumes
1864-94), coming down to William Shakespeare. His 'First Sketch of
English Literature'—the study for the larger work—had reached at his
death a circulation of 34,000 copies.

External links
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*[https://archive.org/stream/lifeofhenrymorle00solluoft#page/n7/mode/2up
'The Life of Henry Morley'] by Henry Shaen Solly
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080627194855/http://www.ric.edu/faculty/rpotter/morley.html
Rhode Island College webpage on Morley]
* [http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/morley/bio.html Victorian Web
page on Morley]
* Gairdner, James (1894). "Morley, Henry". In 'Dictionary of National
Biography'. 39. London. pp. 78-79
* [http://foncc.org.uk/burials/grave-search/record.php?rec=2334 Grave
marker at Carisbrooke Cemetery]
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