William Morris

: This page is about William Morris, the writer, designer and socialist. For other meanings, see William Morris (disambiguation).

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William Morris (March 24, 1834 – October 3, 1896) was one of the principal founders of the British Arts and Crafts Movement and is best known as a designer of wallpaper and patterned fabrics, a writer of poetry and fiction, and an early founder of the socialist movement in Britain.

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The tragic conflict in Morris' life was his unfulfilled desire to create affordable — or even free — beautiful things for common people, whereas the real-life result was always the creation of extremely expensive objects for the discerning few. (In one of his best-known works, the utopian novel News from Nowhere, everybody works for pleasure only, and beautifully handcrafted things are given away free to those who simply appreciate.)

March 24: March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in Leap years). There are 282 days remaining....

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October 3: :3rd October Organization is also the name of a Marxist terrorist group....

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