Morris, county, northern New Jersey, U.S., bounded by the Musconetcong River and Lake Hopatcong to the west, the Pequannock and Pompton rivers to the north, and the Passaic River to the east. It consists largely of a piedmont and upland region, with swampy lowlands in the southeast, and is drained

William Morris: Education and early career: …1861 became the firm of Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Company, with premises in Red Lion Square. The other members of the firm were Ford Madox Brown, Rossetti, Webb, and Burne-Jones. At the International Exhibition of 1862 at South Kensington they exhibited stained glass, furniture, and embroideries. This led to commissions…

canals and inland waterways: Technological development: …the United States on the Morris Canal, which linked the Hudson and Delaware rivers. For a rise of 274 metres (900 feet) to the Allegheny watershed, 22 locks were installed at the head of an inclined plane and, descending on a gradient of 1 in 10 to 1 in 12,…

Morris chair, chair named for William Morris, the English poet, painter, polemicist, and craftsman, who pioneered in the 19th century the production of functional furniture of an idealized traditional type. The Morris chair is of the “easy” variety, with padded armrests and detachable cushions on

Morris dance, traditional English folk dance performed in groups, often during spring and early summer festivals such as May Day. It features coordinated footwork—including steps, hops, and leaps—accompanied by bells strapped to dancers’ shins, props such as sticks or handkerchiefs, and live folk

Morris dance, traditional English folk dance performed in groups, often during spring and early summer festivals such as May Day. It features coordinated footwork—including steps, hops, and leaps—accompanied by bells strapped to dancers’ shins, props such as sticks or handkerchiefs, and live folk

British Leyland Motor Corporation, Ltd.: …after 1910 became known as Morris Garages Limited. In the 1920s, with Cecil Kimber as general manager, it began producing the popular M.G. cars, which were manufactured until 1980, when they were discontinued because of rising production costs. The M.G. Car Company was created in 1927 and was absorbed by…

Second Battle of Fort Wagner, unsuccessful Union assault on July 18, 1863, during the American Civil War (1861–65) on Confederate-held Fort Wagner on Morris Island, South Carolina. An early assault on the fort on July 11 (the First Battle of Fort Wagner) had been just as unsuccessful. Despite the

Cape Morris Jesup, cape, one of the world’s northernmost points of land, in the Peary Land region, at the northernmost extremity of Greenland, on the Arctic Ocean, 440 miles (710 km) from the North Pole. It was reached in 1900 by Robert E. Peary, the American Arctic explorer, and was named for

Sir Alec Issigonis: There he developed the Morris Minor, which remained in production from 1948 to 1971. A reliable car with excellent steering and cornering qualities, it was the first all-British car to pass the one million mark in sales; surviving models are still cherished by owners and collectors.

automotive industry: Developments before World War I: …as Opel in Germany and Morris in Great Britain; builders of horse-drawn vehicles, such as Durant and Studebaker in the United States; or, most frequently, machinery manufacturers. The kinds of machinery included stationary gas engines (Daimler of Germany, Lanchester of Britain, Olds of the United States), marine engines (Vauxhall of…

coin: Coins of the United States: …Benjamin Dudley, exemplifying the extraordinary Morris Plan, drawn up by Robert Morris, superintendent of finance, which reconciled the diverse colonial moneys of account. In 1786, however, Congress adopted instead the proposals of Thomas Jefferson for a decimal monetary system based on the dollar, and in 1792 the mint was finally…

Marjorie Scardino is an American-born British businesswoman who was the chief executive officer (CEO) of the British media firm Pearson PLC from 1997 to 2012. She studied French and psychology at Baylor University, Waco, Texas (B.A., 1969), and, following a stint as an Associated Press editor, she

Alexander Morris was a Canadian statesman and an advocate of Confederation who served as lieutenant governor of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories from 1872 to 1877. After studying at McGill University in Montreal, Morris was called to the bar in 1851. He entered politics 10 years later, when

Tony Martin was an American pop singer and movie actor whose handsome visage and smooth baritone voice made him one of the most celebrated all-around entertainers of his era. Morris grew up in Oakland, California, and, as a child, sang regularly at his mother’s sewing club. He later took up the

Rudolf Carnap: Career in the United States of Rudolf Carnap: …academic colleague, the pragmatist philosopher Charles W. Morris, in founding the International Encyclopedia of Unified Science, which was published, beginning in 1938, as a series of monographs on general problems in the philosophy of science and on philosophical issues concerning mathematics or particular branches of empirical science.

Clara Morris was an American actress and writer, known chiefly for her realistic portrayals of unfortunate women in melodrama. Morris was the eldest child of a bigamous marriage. When she was three her father was exposed, and her mother fled with her to Cleveland, Ohio, where they adopted her

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five: Ness (also called Scorpio; original name Eddie Morris), and Raheim (original name Guy Williams).

Edward Patrick Morris, 1st Baron Morris was a statesman, premier of Newfoundland from 1909 to 1918, and member of the British House of Lords from 1918. Morris was called to the bar in 1885 and was made queen’s counselor in 1896. He represented St. John’s West in the Newfoundland house of assembly

Elizabeth Morris was a leading actress of the late 18th- and early 19th-century American stage. No record of Morris’s life exists before her marriage, at a date unknown, to Owen Morris, an actor in Lewis Hallam’s traveling American Company. Her first recorded stage appearance in America was at the

Errol Morris is an American film director, known for his meticulously researched, engaging documentary portraits of both ordinary and extraordinary lives and for his arresting visual style. Morris earned a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1969. He attended

Esther Hobart Morris was an American suffragist and public official whose major role in gaining voting rights for women in Wyoming was a milestone for the national women’s suffrage movement. Esther McQuigg was orphaned at age 11. In 1841 she married Artemus Slack, who died three years later. She

Esther Hobart Morris was an American suffragist and public official whose major role in gaining voting rights for women in Wyoming was a milestone for the national women’s suffrage movement. Esther McQuigg was orphaned at age 11. In 1841 she married Artemus Slack, who died three years later. She

Alcatraz escape of June 1962: The escape: …the cells—the convicted armed robber Frank Morris and the convicted bank-robbing brothers Clarence and John Anglin—were nowhere to be found. The guard raised the alarm, and the warden in charge promptly notified state and federal authorities as well as the U.S. military. An intensive manhunt began.

Saturday Night Live: Not Ready for Primetime Players: Garrett Morris, Laraine Newman, and Gilda Radner. (This improvisation tradition also gave rise to Second City TV, which appeared first on Canadian television [1976–80] and then on NBC [1981–83], to the American Broadcasting Company’s Fridays [1980–82], and to the Fox network’s

decathlon: Glenn Morris of the United States, with a world record of 7,900 points in 1936, and Bob Mathias of the United States, with two Olympic titles and a record of 8,042 points in 1950, excelled under the second table. Mathias also set the first record…

Gouverneur Morris was an American statesman, diplomat, and financial expert who helped plan the U.S. decimal coinage system. Morris graduated from King’s College (later Columbia University) in 1768, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1771. An extreme conservative in his political views, he

Sid Caesar: …comedians that included Imogene Coca, Howard Morris, and Carl Reiner. They performed in skits, spoofs, and extended sketches, many of which showed off Caesar’s finely tuned sense of the absurd and his skills in both pantomime and double-talk (gibberish that mimicked the sound and cadence of various foreign languages). Caesar…

Detroit Tigers: …by such notables as pitcher Jack Morris and shortstop Alan Trammell remained near the top of the standings until 1989, when the Tigers experienced a sudden plummet to last place in the AL. Detroit continued to play poorly throughout most of the following two decades, including an AL-record 119-loss season…

William Bolcom: …Bolcom and his wife, mezzo-soprano Joan Morris, performed concerts of 19th- and 20th-century American popular songs. He was also active as a writer and editor. He coedited The New Grove Gospel, Blues, and Jazz (1986), wrote with Robert Kimball the book Reminiscing with Sissle and Blake (1973), and edited a…

The Producers: John Morris’s score became a classic and helped inspire the hit Broadway musical version of the movie, which debuted in 2001 starring Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick, both of whom starred in the film version of the stage musical in 2005.

William Hogarth: Youth and early career: …he brought in 1728 against Joshua Morris, a tapestry weaver, throws eloquent light on his susceptibilities. The details of the case reveal that, by the age of 30, Hogarth felt sufficiently confident of his abilities to embark on a painting career. Morris failed to share this confidence and rejected a…

Juanita Morris Kreps was an American economist and public official, best remembered as the first woman to serve as U.S. secretary of commerce. Juanita Morris graduated from Berea College (B.A., 1942) and then studied economics at Duke University (M.A., 1944; Ph.D., 1948). She married Clifton H.

Black Flag: February 1, 1954), lead singer Keith Morris (b. September 18, 1955, Los Angeles, California), and drummer Brian Migdol. Later members included Henry Rollins (original name Henry Garfield; b. February 13, 1961, Washington, D.C., U.S.), Ron Reyes, Dez Cadena, Kira Roessler, and Anthony Martinez.

Celtic literature: Welsh literature in the 17th century: Later came Lewis Morris, the inspirer and patron of Goronwy Owen and thus a strong link with the next extremely productive period.

Margaret Morris was a British dancer and dance teacher who pioneered modern dance in Britain and developed a system of notation using abstract symbols. Morris incorporated Isadora Duncan’s “Greek positions” into her ballets of 1910; into her production of Orpheus, based on Christoph Willibald

Mark Morris is an American dancer and choreographer who formed his own modern dance company, the Mark Morris Dance Group. He was noted for his innovative and, at times, controversial works. At age eight, after attending a performance by the José Greco flamenco company, Morris decided to become a

William Morris: Education and early career: …1861 became the firm of Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Company, with premises in Red Lion Square. The other members of the firm were Ford Madox Brown, Rossetti, Webb, and Burne-Jones. At the International Exhibition of 1862 at South Kensington they exhibited stained glass, furniture, and embroideries. This led to commissions…

Boyz II Men: >Nathan Morris (in full Nathan Bartholomew Morris): b. June 18, 1971, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Michael McCary (in full Michael Sean McCary): b. December 16, 1971, Philadelphia Shawn Stockman (in full Shawn Patrick Stockman): b. September 26, 1972,

Boyz II Men: >Nathan Morris (in full Nathan Bartholomew Morris): b. June 18, 1971, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Michael McCary (in full Michael Sean McCary): b. December 16, 1971, Philadelphia Shawn Stockman (in full Shawn Patrick Stockman): b. September 26, 1972,

Gustavus Swift: …addition to competing successfully with Nelson Morris and Philip D. Armour, Swift established distributing houses in such cities as Tokyo, Shanghai, and Manila and packing plants at St. Louis, Kansas City, and Omaha. When Swift died 18 years later, the capitalization of his company had increased to $25,000,000.

Richard B. Morris was an American educator and historian, known for his works on early American history. He graduated with honours from the City College of New York (B.A., 1924) and then attended Columbia University (M.A., 1925; Ph.D., 1930). After teaching at City College of New York (1927–49), he

Richard B. Morris was an American educator and historian, known for his works on early American history. He graduated with honours from the City College of New York (B.A., 1924) and then attended Columbia University (M.A., 1925; Ph.D., 1930). After teaching at City College of New York (1927–49), he

Robert Morris was an American artist whose Minimalist sculptures and personalized performance works contributed significantly to the avant-garde movements of the 1960s and ’70s. Morris studied at the Kansas City Art Institute, California School of Fine Arts, Reed College, and Hunter College, New

Robert Morris was an American merchant and banker who came to be known as the financier of the American Revolution (1775–83). Morris left England to join his father in Maryland in 1747 and then entered a mercantile house in Philadelphia. During the war, Morris was vice president of the Pennsylvania

computer worm: … student at Cornell University named Robert Morris released the first worm onto the Internet from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (As a guest on the campus, he hoped to remain anonymous.) The worm was an experimental self-propagating and replicating computer program that took advantage of flaws in certain e-mail protocols.…

Joy Division/New Order: Inspired by seeing the Sex Pistols perform in Manchester, guitarist Bernard

Stevie Wonder is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, a child prodigy who developed into one of the most creative musical figures of the late 20th century. Blind from birth and raised in inner-city Detroit, he was a skilled musician by age eight. Renamed Little Stevie Wonder

Thomas Morris was a Scottish golfer who won the Open Championship (British Open) tournament four times. Morris spent most of his life at St. Andrews as a professional player and greenskeeper (1863–1903). During his lifetime he became an almost legendary figure in golf, winning the Open in 1861,

Thomas Morris, Jr. was a Scottish golfer who, like his father, Thomas Morris, won the Open Championship (British Open) tournament four times. Morris entered his first golf tournament at age 13 and won his first Open Championship in 1868 at age 17, becoming the youngest winner of the event. Noted

Marianne Elliott: …Horse, which she codirected with Tom Morris. The production, which featured life-sized horse puppets, premiered in October 2007 at the NT’s South Bank location, and in 2008 Elliott earned one of the play’s six Laurence Olivier nominations. In March 2009 War Horse transferred to the West End, and the production…

Boyz II Men: The members of Boyz II Men grew up in separate neighborhoods of Philadelphia and came together as high-school friends at the Philadelphia High School for the Performing

Boyz II Men: The members of Boyz II Men grew up in separate neighborhoods of Philadelphia and came together as high-school friends at the Philadelphia High School for the Performing

William Morris was a U.S. theatrical agent and manager who opposed the attempted monopoly of vaudeville talent in the early 20th century. Morris was hired by Klaw and Erlanger, heads of a legitimate theatre trust, to book vaudeville acts for their theatre chain. This position put him in conflict

graphic design: William Morris and the private-press movement: William Morris, the leader of the movement, was a major figure in the evolution of design. Morris was actively involved in designing furniture, stained glass, textiles, wallpapers, and tapestries from the 1860s through the 1890s. Deeply concerned with the problems of industrialization and the factory…

William Morris was an English designer, craftsman, poet, and early socialist, whose designs for furniture, fabrics, stained glass, wallpaper, and other decorative arts generated the Arts and Crafts movement in England and revolutionized Victorian taste. Morris was born in an Essex village on the

William Richard Morris, Viscount Nuffield was a British industrialist and philanthropist whose automobile manufacturing firm introduced the Morris cars. The son of a farm labourer, Morris was obliged by his father’s illness to abandon plans to study medicine and go to work at age 15. Behind his

Wright Morris was an American novelist, short-story writer, essayist, and photographer who often wrote about the Midwestern prairie where he grew up. In his writings he sought to recapture the American past and portray the frustrations of contemporary life. Morris grew up in Nebraska. His mother

Wright Morris was an American novelist, short-story writer, essayist, and photographer who often wrote about the Midwestern prairie where he grew up. In his writings he sought to recapture the American past and portray the frustrations of contemporary life. Morris grew up in Nebraska. His mother

Jane Goodall was a British ethologist, known for her exceptionally detailed and long-term research on the chimpanzees of Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania. Goodall, who was interested in animal behavior from an early age, left school at age 18. She worked as a secretary and as a film

Sir John Morris-Jones was a teacher, scholar, and poet who revolutionized Welsh literature. By insisting—through his teaching and his writings and his annual adjudication at national eisteddfodau (poetic competitions)—that correctness was the first essential of style and sincerity the first

Morris dance, traditional English folk dance performed in groups, often during spring and early summer festivals such as May Day. It features coordinated footwork—including steps, hops, and leaps—accompanied by bells strapped to dancers’ shins, props such as sticks or handkerchiefs, and live folk

dinosaur: American hunting expeditions: …among them Yale’s sites at Morrison and Canon City, Colorado, and, most important, Como Bluff in southeastern Wyoming. The discovery of Como Bluff in 1877 was a momentous event in the history of paleontology that generated a burst of exploration and study as well as widespread public enthusiasm for dinosaurs.…

Morrison Formation, series of sedimentary rocks deposited during the Jurassic Period in western North America, from Montana to New Mexico. The Morrison Formation is famous for its dinosaur fossils, which have been collected for more than a century, beginning with a find near the town of Morrison,

the Doors: Death of Jim Morrison and later band projects: …artistic credibility with the blues-steeped Morrison Hotel (1970), but after the quartet’s sixth studio release, L.A. Woman (1971), Morrison retreated to Paris, where he hoped to pursue a literary career. Instead, he died there of heart failure in 1971. Without Morrison, the Doors produced two undistinguished albums before breaking up.…

Antonin Scalia: Judicial philosophy: , his lone dissent in Morrison v. Olson (1988), in which he held that the Independent Counsel Act (1978) infringed on powers that the Constitution provided exclusively to the executive branch; and (3) the individual rights articulated in the Bill of Rights—e.g., his majority opinion in Crawford v. Washington (2004),…

Arthur Morrison was an English writer noted for realist novels and short stories describing slum life in London’s East End at the end of the Victorian era. Morrison, himself born in the East End, began his writing career in 1889 as subeditor of the journal of the People’s Palace, an institution

English literature: Poetry: Also from Yorkshire was Blake Morrison, whose finest work, “The Ballad of the Yorkshire Ripper” (1987), was composed in taut, macabre stanzas thickened with dialect. Morrison’s work also displayed a growing development in late 20th-century British poetry: the writing of narrative verse. Although there had been earlier instances of…

Sharon, Lois & Bram: …Toronto), and singer and guitarist Bram Morrison (born December 18, 1940, in Toronto). Thanks to the popularity of their albums—which won three Juno Awards and sold over three million copies worldwide—and TV shows, Sharon, Lois & Bram emerged during the 1980s as one of the most successful children’s acts in…

Clara Morris was an American actress and writer, known chiefly for her realistic portrayals of unfortunate women in melodrama. Morris was the eldest child of a bigamous marriage. When she was three her father was exposed, and her mother fled with her to Cleveland, Ohio, where they adopted her

Lewis and Clark Caverns: Dan Morrison, a prospector and investor began to develop the cave and publicize it as “Limespur Cave,” a rival to Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave. Northern Pacific, believing itself the rightful owner of the land, sued Morrison and won, turning the land over to the federal government.…

David Morrison is an Australian military officer who, while serving as chief of army (2011–15) for the Australian Defence Force, precipitated an unprecedented sea change in the country’s military by pressing for gender equality. Morrison was born into a military family and spent an itinerant

David Morrison is an Australian military officer who, while serving as chief of army (2011–15) for the Australian Defence Force, precipitated an unprecedented sea change in the country’s military by pressing for gender equality. Morrison was born into a military family and spent an itinerant

New Orleans: The Civil War and its aftermath: During the administration of Mayor DeLesseps S. Morrison, a vast railroad consolidation program was achieved and a new railroad terminal constructed. Streets were widened, railroad ground crossings were spanned with overpasses, and a civic centre, which includes the 11-story City Hall, was built.

Grant Morrison is a Scottish writer whose body of work includes some of the most influential comics of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. In addition to writing alternative titles such as The Invisibles, Morrison provided definitive treatments of Batman and Superman for DC Comics and

Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison was a British Labour statesman who played a leading role in London local government for 25 years and was a prominent member of the coalition government in World War II and of the postwar Labour governments. From about 1905 Morrison was constantly engaged in

Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison was a British Labour statesman who played a leading role in London local government for 25 years and was a prominent member of the coalition government in World War II and of the postwar Labour governments. From about 1905 Morrison was constantly engaged in

the Velvet Underground: March 9, 1942, Garnant, Wales), Sterling Morrison (in full Holmes Sterling Morrison; b. August 29, 1942, Westbury, New York—d. August 30, 1995, Poughkeepsie, New York), Maureen (“Moe”) Tucker (b. August 26, 1944, Levittown, Long Island, New York), Nico (original name Christa Päffgen; b. October 16, 1938, Cologne, Germany—d. July 18,…

Jim Morrison was an American singer, songwriter, and poet who was the charismatic front man of the California-based psychedelic rock group the Doors. His death at age 27 contributed to him becoming one of rock music’s mythic figures. Calling himself “the Lizard King,” Morrison cultivated a dark and

Janet Leigh was an American actor who had a half-century-long career that comprised some 60 motion pictures as well as television appearances but was most remembered for one role in particular, that of Marion Crane in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960). In that film she suffered one of filmdom’s most

Jim Morrison was an American singer, songwriter, and poet who was the charismatic front man of the California-based psychedelic rock group the Doors. His death at age 27 contributed to him becoming one of rock music’s mythic figures. Calling himself “the Lizard King,” Morrison cultivated a dark and

the Ohio Players: July 13, 1951, Dayton), Walter (“Junie”) Morrison (b. 1954, Dayton—d. January 21, 2017), and Billy Beck.

Colleen Moore was an American actress who epitomized the jazz-age flapper with her bobbed hair and short skirts in such silent motion pictures as Flaming Youth (1923), Naughty But Nice (1927), Synthetic Sin (1929), and Why Be Good? (1929). (Read Lillian Gish’s 1929 Britannica essay on silent film.)

John Wayne was a major American motion-picture actor who embodied the image of the strong, taciturn cowboy or soldier and who in many ways personified the idealized American values of his era. Marion Morrison was the son of an Iowa pharmacist; he acquired the nickname “Duke” during his youth and

Glee: …by Will Schuester (played by Matthew Morrison), a likable young teacher who takes charge of the group after its previous director is fired. At the beginning of the series, its members included the talented but conceited Rachel Berry (Lea Michele); the stylish Kurt Hummel (Chris Colfer), who is gay; Mercedes…

Chung-yang Range: Mount Yü (also called Mount Hsin-kao, formerly Mount Morrison) is the highest peak in the range and in Taiwan, at 13,114 feet (3,997 m).

Robert Morrison was a Presbyterian minister, translator, and the London Missionary Society’s first missionary to China; he is considered the father of Protestant mission work there. After studies in theology and Chinese, Morrison was ordained in 1807 and was immediately sent by the society to

Scott Morrison is an Australian conservative politician who served as leader of the Liberal Party and prime minister of Australia (2018–22). He became prime minister in August 2018 following a challenge by the right wing of the party to the leadership of Malcolm Turnbull, who stepped down as party

Scott Morrison is an Australian conservative politician who served as leader of the Liberal Party and prime minister of Australia (2018–22). He became prime minister in August 2018 following a challenge by the right wing of the party to the leadership of Malcolm Turnbull, who stepped down as party

Van Morrison is an Irish singer-songwriter and occasional saxophonist who played in a succession of groups, most notably Them, in the mid-1960s before enjoying a long, varied, and increasingly successful solo career. Morrison was born into a working-class Protestant family in Belfast. Having been

the Velvet Underground: March 9, 1942, Garnant, Wales), Sterling Morrison (in full Holmes Sterling Morrison; b. August 29, 1942, Westbury, New York—d. August 30, 1995, Poughkeepsie, New York), Maureen (“Moe”) Tucker (b. August 26, 1944, Levittown, Long Island, New York), Nico (original name Christa Päffgen; b. October 16, 1938, Cologne, Germany—d. July 18,…

Toni Morrison was an American writer noted for her examination of Black experience (particularly Black female experience) within the Black community and for her poetic, luminous prose. Considered one of the greatest contemporary American novelists, she received the Nobel Prize for Literature in

Van Morrison is an Irish singer-songwriter and occasional saxophonist who played in a succession of groups, most notably Them, in the mid-1960s before enjoying a long, varied, and increasingly successful solo career. Morrison was born into a working-class Protestant family in Belfast. Having been

the Ohio Players: July 13, 1951, Dayton), Walter (“Junie”) Morrison (b. 1954, Dayton—d. January 21, 2017), and Billy Beck.

automobile: Early electric automobiles: 1890, by William Morrison, could maintain a speed of 14 miles (23 km) per hour.

the Smiths: …original members were lead singer Morrissey (original name Steven Patrick Morrissey; b. May 22, 1959, Manchester, England), guitarist Johnny Marr (original name John Maher; b. October 31, 1963, Manchester), bassist Andy Rourke (b. January 17, 1964, Manchester—d. May 19, 2023, New York City, New York, U.S.), and drummer Mike Joyce…

the Smiths: …original members were lead singer Morrissey (original name Steven Patrick Morrissey; b. May 22, 1959, Manchester, England), guitarist Johnny Marr (original name John Maher; b. October 31, 1963, Manchester), bassist Andy Rourke (b. January 17, 1964, Manchester—d. May 19, 2023, New York City, New York, U.S.), and drummer Mike Joyce…

Morristown, town, seat (1740) of Morris county, north-central New Jersey, U.S., on the Whippany River, 18 miles (29 km) west of Newark. Founded as West Hanover in 1710, when a forge was established to exploit local iron ore, it was renamed in 1740 for Lewis Morris, then governor of the colony.

Asheville, city, seat of Buncombe county, west-central North Carolina, U.S. Asheville lies in the Blue Ridge Mountains, at the junction of the French Broad and Swannanoa rivers. It has a mild climate and is built on an uneven plateau at an elevation of about 2,200 feet (670 meters). Asheville is

Morristown, city, seat (1870) of Hamblen county, northeastern Tennessee, U.S., about 40 miles (65 km) northeast of Knoxville. It lies in a valley bounded on the north and west by Clinch Mountain and on the south by the Great Smoky Mountains. The community was named for Gideon Morris, who settled