Lewis Morris
Welsh poet
Died when: 74 years 293 days (897 months)Star Sign: Aquarius
Lewis Morris (2 March 1701 – 11 April 1765) was a Welsh hydrographer, antiquary, poet and lexicographer, the eldest of the Morris brothers of Anglesey.
Lewis Morris was the eldest son of Morris ap Rhisiart Morris, a farmer, of Llanfihangel-Tre'r-Beirdd in Anglesey.His bardic name was Llewelyn Ddu o Fôn ("Black Llewelyn [Lewis] of Anglesey").
The correspondence between him and his younger brothers is a valuable historical source.In 1751, he founded the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion along with his brother Richard.
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