Lang Syne English Family Information History Fact Book - Morris

With a number of points of origin, ‘Morris’ is a name whose bearers today have a rich and heady brew of the blood of ancient Britons, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and Normans flowing through their veins.

From buccaneers to entrepreneurs and computer scientists, they have stamped an indelible mark. On the high seas, John Morris was the seventeenth century English buccaneer who, with the acquiescence of the government, captained a vessel in attacks against Spanish strongholds in the Caribbean, while William Morris was the motor manufacturer and philanthropist who in 1928 launched the iconic Morris Minor.

In the world of computing, Robert Tappin Morris has the rather dubious distinction of having created in 1988 the Morris Worm – the first computer worm on the Internet, capable of exploiting a number of vulnerabilities to gain access to targeted computer systems Chronicled here is the colourful and dramatic tale of the Morrises of both yesteryear and today.

Book Dimensions 10 × 0.4 × 14.5 cm