Morris Bishop (1893–1973)
Author of The Middle Ages
About the Author
Morris Bishop (1893-1973) was educated & taught for many years at Cornell University. One of the worlds most lucid & knowledgeable commentators on the Middle Ages, he was also a biographer, a translator, & a masterly writer of light verse. (Bowker Author Biography)
Image credit: painting by Alison Mason Kingsbury
Works by Morris Bishop
A gallery of eccentrics; or, A set of twelve originals & extravagants from Elagabalus,: The waggish emperor to Mr.… (1928) 10 copies
Paramount Poems 2 copies
Spilt milk 1 copy
Pascal; the life of genius 1 copy
Saint Francis of Assisi 1 copy
Associated Works
The Tavern Lamps Are Burning: Literary Journeys through Six Regions and Four Centuries of New York State (1964) — Contributor — 19 copies
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- Legal name
- Bishop, Morris Gilbert
- Birthdate
- 1893-04-15
- Date of death
- 1973-11-20
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- New York, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- Ithaca, New York, USA
Brantford, Ontario, Canada
Yonkers, New York, USA - Education
- Cornell University (BA)
Cornell University (MA) - Occupations
- scholar
historian
biographer
essayist
translator
anthologist - Organizations
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature, 1973)
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Statistics
- Works
- 33
- Also by
- 15
- Members
- 1,392
- Popularity
- #18,463
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 18
- ISBNs
- 51
- Languages
- 3