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William Morfill

Professor of Russian and the other Slavonic languages at the University of Oxford (1834-1909) · Writers · Died at 74

William Richard Morfill FBA was Professor of Russian and the other Slavonic languages at the University of Oxford from 1900 until his death. He was the first professor of Russian in Britain, and his house in North Oxford was marked with a commemorative blue plaque by the Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board in 2009.

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Fellow of the British Academy

About this person

Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1834 to 1909 · aged 74