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Morriss
Morriss is an old Welsh surname. It derives from the Latin name Mauritius, which means dark. In Great Britain, Maurice was the learned form of the name Morriss. Notable people with the name include: * Frank Morriss (1927–2013), American film and television editor *Guy Morriss (1951–2022), American football player and coach *Jeremy Morriss, New Zealand Paralympic boccia player *Margaret Shove Morriss (1884–1975), American historian *Mark Morriss (born 1971), English singer-songwriter *Scott Morriss (born 1973), English bass player * Simon Morriss (born 1985), Australian baseball player See also *Morris (surname) Morris is a surname of various origins though mostly of English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh origin. The surname ranked 53 out of 88,799 in the United States and 32 out of 500 in England and Wales. Origins Britain In England and Scotland, the ... References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Morriss
Guy Walker Morriss (May 13, 1951 – September 5, 2022) was an American football coach and player. He served as the head football coach at the University of Kentucky for two seasons (2001–2002) and at Baylor University for five seasons (2003–2007). Morriss played college football at Texas Christian University (TCU) and spent 15 seasons as an offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) with the Philadelphia Eagles (1973–1983) and the New England Patriots (1984–1987). Morriss played in over 200 regular season games during his NFL career and started at center for the Eagles in Super Bowl XV. Early years and playing career Morriss was born in Colorado City, Texas, on May 13, 1951. He attended Sam Houston High School in Arlington, Texas, where he played tight end for the school's team. He later earned a scholarship to Texas Christian University (TCU) in Fort Worth, Texas, graduating in 1973 with a bachelor's degree in secondary education. He played as a guard f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Morriss
Mark James Morriss (born 18 October 1971) is an English singer and songwriter, best known as the frontman for The Bluetones. He is the older brother of bandmate and bass player/illustrator Scott Morriss. He has released four solo albums, worked with Matt Berry's band The Maypoles and sung lead vocals on ''The Helicopter of the Holy Ghost'' project. When not touring with the Bluetones, he regularly plays solo acoustic shows across the UK. Biography Mark Morriss released his debut solo album, '' Memory Muscle'' in May 2008. A folk-tinged record, it featured five re-recorded tracks which had previously been released under the name "Fi-Lo Beddow" as a self-released EP in February 2006. The strings on the record were arranged by film composer David Arnold, who became a fan of '' Expecting to Fly'' whilst scoring '' Independence Day''. In 2014, Morriss released his second solo album ''A Flash of Darkness'' via Acid Jazz Records. This was followed by another Acid Jazz release in 2015 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Shove Morriss
Margaret Shove Morriss (June 25, 1884 – January 22, 1975) was an American academic historian, She was the Dean of Women in charge of Pembroke College in Brown University from 1923 to 1950. Early life and education Margaret Shove Morriss was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, the daughter of William Hayles Morriss and Mary Elizabeth Hairland Morriss. She completed undergraduate studies at Goucher College in 1904, and was granted a PhD from Bryn Mawr College in 1911, for her research on trade in colonial Maryland.Martha Mitchell''Encyclopedia Brunoniana''(1993). Career Morriss began her career at Mount Holyoke College, teaching American history. While there, she was active in the local chapter of the College Equal Suffrage League. In 1923, she was hired by Brown University to serve a professor of history and as Dean of Women, a post she held until she retired in 1950. She more than doubled the number of women enrolled at Brown during her tenure, and saw the 1927 creation of a Women's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Morriss
Frank E. Morriss (September 10, 1927 – July 3, 2013) was a film and television editor with more than fifty film and television program credits dating from 1968. He had a notable collaboration with the director John Badham extending from 1974 – 2004. Morriss' editing of ''Charley Varrick'' (1973) was nominated for the BAFTA Award. He was honored at the 1974 Primetime Emmy Awards as "film editor of the year" for the television film ''The Execution of Private Slovik''. Morriss was nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing: for ''Blue Thunder'' (1983, with Edward M. Abroms) and for ''Romancing the Stone'' (1984, with Donn Cambern). Morriss was a 1946 graduate of Beverly Hills High School, where he was a three sport varsity letterman. He attended the University of Oregon for two quarters. In 1948, Morriss enrolled at Santa Monica College. Selected filmography The release year and director of each film are indicated in parentheses. *"L.A. 2017" (1971- Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Morriss
Simon Morriss (born 21 August 1985 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian pitcher for the Brisbane Bandits. Career Morriss made his Claxton Shield debut in 2008 for the Queensland Rams. He continued to pitch for the Rams until the formation of the Australian Baseball League in 2010. Named as pitching captain for the Bandits, he made his debut on opening night against the Perth Heat where he pitched two hitless innings to record the save. Throughout the season, he was used intermittently as starting pitcher, long reliever, setup pitcher and closer going 2–1 and 2 saves with a 5.63 ERA. Morriss fared much better at home with a 2.37 ERA, with his ERA inflated by extremely hitter-friendly ballparks such as the Melbourne Showgrounds. Morriss works full-time at his own carpentry business. His father Greg is also a scout for the Houston Astros The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team based in Houston, Texas. The Astros compete in Major League Base ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Morriss
Scott Edward Morriss (born 10 October 1973 in Wandsworth, London) is an English bass player and illustrator, best known as a member of The Bluetones. He is the younger brother of frontman Mark Morriss, and played in Mark's backing group, The Mummys. Currently based in Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ..., Morriss works as a freelance animator, illustrator and bass guitar player. References 1973 births Living people English songwriters English rock bass guitarists Male bass guitarists English animators English illustrators People from Wandsworth People from Hounslow The Bluetones members Britpop musicians 21st-century English bass guitarists 21st-century British male musicians British male songwriters {{UK-bass-guitarist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Morriss
Jeremy Morriss is a New Zealand Paralympic boccia player. He was a bronze medallist at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. He also competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was .... References External links * * Living people Paralympic boccia players for New Zealand Boccia players at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Boccia players at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in boccia Paralympic silver medalists for New Zealand Year of birth missing (living people) {{NewZealand-Paralympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welsh Language
Welsh ( or ) is a Celtic language family, Celtic language of the Brittonic languages, Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken natively in Wales, by some in England, and in Y Wladfa (the Welsh colony in Chubut Province, Argentina). Historically, it has also been known in English as "British", "Cambrian", "Cambric" and "Cymric". The Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 gave the Welsh language official status in Wales. Both the Welsh and English languages are ''de jure'' official languages of the Welsh Parliament, the Senedd. According to the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, the Welsh-speaking population of Wales aged three or older was 17.8% (538,300 people) and nearly three quarters of the population in Wales said they had no Welsh language skills. Other estimates suggest that 29.7% (899,500) of people aged three or older in Wales could speak Welsh in June 2022. Almost half of all Welsh speakers consider themselves fluent Welsh speakers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the Roman Republic it became the dominant language in the Italian region and subsequently throughout the Roman Empire. Even after the fall of Western Rome, Latin remained the common language of international communication, science, scholarship and academia in Europe until well into the 18th century, when other regional vernaculars (including its own descendants, the Romance languages) supplanted it in common academic and political usage, and it eventually became a dead language in the modern linguistic definition. Latin is a highly inflected language, with three distinct genders (masculine, feminine, and neuter), six or seven noun cases (nominative, accusative, genitive, dative, ablative, and vocative), five declensions, four verb conjuga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
