The
Modern Churchpeople's Union
Rev William Douglas Morrison
(1852-1943)
President of the Churchmans Union 1902-1908
William Morrison was born in 1852 in Newton, New Brunswick.
He was a prison chaplain between 1883-1898 and became a noted prison reformer building on this experience. In 1898 he was awarded an LL.D by St Andrew's University. He was Rector of St Marylebone Church, 1908-1943.
In: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, 1, 1897, p. 60.
Juvenile offenders
London : T. Fisher Unwin, 1896. xx, 317 p ; 20 cm.
The criminology series, No. 3. Includes bibliographic references.
Spurious remedies for crime.
London : printed by Pewtress & Co., 1901?
16 p. ; 21 cm.
(Criticising an article in the February 1901 issue of Nineteenth Century, by Dr Robert Anderson.)
Crime and its causes
London : Swan Sonnenschein and Co, 1891.
Humane Science Lectures . By various authors ..
Humanitarian League.: pp. viii. 186. G. Bell & Sons: London, 1897. 8º.
The Treatment of Prisoners : a lecture delivered before the Humanitarian League..
Humanitarian League: London, 1904. 8º..
The Jews under Roman Rule.
In: The Story of the Nations. 1890. pp. xxx. 426. 8º.
Morrison edited the Criminology Series 4 vols. T. Fisher Unwin: London, 1895-98. 8º.
He was also editor of a number of traslations of German theological work for two series: T.K. Cheyne and A.B. Bruce (eds.) Theological Translation Library, and the Crown Theological Library.
(See bibliography.)
Biographical sources:
Obituary: The Times Dec 15, 1943
Who was Who, p.818
Pioneers in Criminology: William Douglas Morrison (1852-1943)
Gerald D. Robin
In: The Journal of Criminal Law, Criminology, and Police Science, Vol. 55, No. 1 (Mar., 1964), pp. 48-58