Lewis Morris

Born in Carmarthen on January 23, 1833, he studied at Cowbridge and Sherborne before going on to Jesus College, Oxford, where he earned top honors in classics. He was called to the Bar in 1861, but literature and public life became just as important to him as law.

He became one of the best-known Anglo-Welsh poets of the Victorian period. Among his most noted works are The Epic of Hades and the Arthurian cycle The Songs of Two Worlds, books that helped build his reputation with a broad reading public.

Beyond writing, he was active in education and public affairs in Wales, supporting the growth of higher education institutions there. He was knighted in 1895, and he died on November 12, 1907.