Biography of edmund morrison

British-American writer and historian (1940–2019)

Arthur Edmund Morris (May 27, 1940 – May 24, 2019) was an American-South African writer, known for his biographies of U.S.

Presidents. His 1979 book The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography and was the first of a trilogy of books on Roosevelt.

Edmund Morris is one of America's best political biographers and journalists.

Arthur Edmund Morris was born in Nairobi, Kenya, on May 27, , to Eric and May Morris, who were South Africans.

Arthur Edmund Morris (May 27, – May 24, ) was an American-South African writer, known for his biographies of U.S. Presidents.

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Arthur Edmund Morris was born in Nairobi on May 27, His father was a pilot for East African Airways, and his mother was a homemaker.

However, Morris sparked controversy with his 1999 book, Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan, due to its extensive use of fictional elements.

Early life

Morris was born in Nairobi, Kenya, the son of South African parents May (Dowling) and Eric Edmund Morris, an airline pilot.^[1]

He received his early, British-influenced education in Kenya and then studied music, art, and literature at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa.

Dropping out of college in 1961, he worked in the retail advertising department of a menswear store in Durban. Most of the brochures and advertisements he designed and wrote were