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Jan Morris

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Jan Morris

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Full Name: James Humphrey Morris
Born: October 2, 1926
Clevedon, Somerset, England
Occupation: Historian, Writer
Nationality: British
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Biography

Jan Morris, CBE (born James Humphrey Morris, 2 October 1926, Clevedon, Somerset, England) is a Welsh historian, author and travel writer. She is known particularly for the Pax Britannica trilogy, a history of the British Empire, and for portraits of cities, notably Oxford, Venice, Trieste, Hong Kong, and New York City. Born in England of an English mother and Welsh father, Morris was educated at Lancing College, West Sussex, and Christ Church, Oxford, but now considers herself Welsh. She is a transsexual woman and was published under her birth name until her 1972 sex change.


Works in the WWEnd Database

 Non Series Works

 (2006)

Hav

 (1985)