Author:William Richard Morfill

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William Richard Morfill (1834–1909)

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Professor of Russian and Slavonic languages at Oxford University

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This author wrote articles for the Dictionary of National Biography, and the list on this page is complete to 1901.
Articles written by this author are designated in the DNB by the initials "W. R. M."

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This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
Articles attributed to this author are designated in EB1911 by the initials "W. R. M."

William Richard Morfill

Works

• Slavonic literature (1883) (external scan)
• A Simplified Grammar of the Polish Language (1884) (transcription project)
• Simplified Grammar of the Serbian Language (1887) (external scan)
• A grammar of the Russian language (1889) (external scan)
• An Essay on the Importance of the Study of the Slavonic Languages (1890) (external scan)
• The Story of Poland (1893) (external scan)
• A short grammar of the Bulgarian language, with reading lessons (1897) (external scan)
• A grammar of the Bohemian or Čech language (1899) (external scan)
• Russia (1901) (external scan)
• A history of Russia from the birth of Peter the Great to the death of Alexander II (1905) (external scan)
• Russia and Poland (1907) (external scan)

Contributions to the DNB

• Gordon, Patrick (1635-1699)
• Greig, Alexis Samuilovich
• Hartlib, Samuel
• Hastings, Frank Abney
• Hollar, Wenceslaus
• Hookes, Nicholas
• Howard, James (fl.1674)
• Hurdis, James (1763-1801)
• Jones, John (1810-1869)
• Neate, Charles (1806-1879)
• Peacock, Dmitri Rudolf

Contributions to EB1911

• "Mickiewicz, Adam," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Nestor (author)," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Poland," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (Polish Literature)
• "Pushkin, Alexander," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Russian Literature," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Turgueniev, Ivan," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

Works about Morfill

• "Morfill, William Richard," in Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886, by Joseph Foster, London: Parker and Co. (1888–1892) in 4 vols.
• "Morfill, William Richard," in Dictionary of National Biography Second Supplement, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., (1912) in 3 vols.
• "Obituary: Professor W. R. Morfill," in The Times (1909)