William Morris was born into an affluent family in Walthamstow in 1834. He studied at Oxford, which is where he met Burne-Jones. The pair became friends with Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Ford Madox Brown and other members of the Pre-Raphaelite circle. They were also influenced by the writings of John Ruskin, who called for a return to handcraftsmanship in industry rather than unrestrained, mechanised mass production. Morris, Burne-Jones and Rossetti were some of the founder members of Morris a…
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