Jan Morris
Welsh historian, author and travel writer (1926-2020) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 94
Catharine Jan Morris was a Welsh historian, author and travel writer. She was known particularly for the Pax Britannica trilogy (1968-1978), a history of the British Empire, and for portraits of cities, including Oxford, Venice, Trieste, Hong Kong and New York City.
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She published under her birth name until 1972, when she had gender reassignment surgery, transitioning from male to female.
