William de Morgan
Born 16 November 1839
Died 15 January 1917
Active: 1860 - 1907
Country of birth and death: England
Potter, designer, author
Born in London. The son of the distinguished mathematician, Augustus de Morgan. Originally trained as a painter at the Royal Academy Schools, he met William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones in the 1860s and turned to making tiles and designing stained glass.
In 1873 he started a pottery in Orange House, Great Cheyne Row, later relocating this to Merton Abbey, South London and then Fulham. The company was wound up in 1907, but he continued to work as a novelist on the encouragement of his wife, Evelyn Pickering who he had married in 1887. He died at home.
Wealth at death: £3,953 16s. 0d.
Probate date: 24 March 1917
Works
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Designed Eagle Panel
Locations
Address 1 The Vale Chelsea London SW England | View on map
1887 - 1910
Address 127 Church Street Chelsea London England | View on map
1910 - 1917
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Took part in Colour and Design in Ceramics (Art Workers Guild), 1895
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
'Potter Earth' and his wife Evelyn 'Artist Sculp' both neither employer nor employed
Sources
Catalogue of the Second Exhibition of Arts and Crafts, City of Manchester Art Gallery, 1895
1895
Cat. No. Case 101, No. 24, pp. 244, 254
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
Class: RG12; Piece: 58; Folio: 143; Page: 25; GSU roll: 6095168
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: William De Morgan
Probate Date: 24 Mar 1917
Death Date: 15 Jan 1917
Death Place: Middlesex, England
Registry: London, England
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
2004
Alan Crawford, ‘Morgan, William Frend De (1839–1917)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Oct 2009 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/32779, accessed 18 June 2010]
Citing this record
'William de Morgan', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib5_1231024293, accessed 23 Sep 2023]
