Arthur Morrison, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Arthur Morrison

English writer and journalist

Date of Birth: 01-Nov-1863

Place of Birth: Poplar, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 04-Dec-1945

Profession: playwright, art historian, journalist, novelist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Arthur George Morrison (1 November 1863 – 4 December 1945) was an English writer and journalist known for his realistic novels and stories about working-class life in London's East End, and for his detective stories, featuring the detective Martin Hewitt.
He also collected Japanese art and published several works on the subject.
He left a large collection of paintings and other works of art to the British Museum after his death in 1945.
Morrison's best known work of fiction is his novel A Child of the Jago (1896).