Who is Edmund Morrison you know that he said 'like stones words are laborious and unforgiving' but you need biographical info on him and cannot find it on the web?

Answer 1

Edmund Morrison was born in Tacoma Wn. in 1904 and lived most of his life in Vancouver B.C. He obtained a BA from UBC and an MA either from UBC or University of California at Berkeley and a PhD at Universiity of California at Berkeley. He was a Professor of English Literature at UBC from 1939 to 1970, with stints as a visiting Professor at various Universities in Canada during that time. He was married and had two sons and two daughters. He retired to Pender Island B.C. in 1971 and enjoyed a peaceful and fulfilling retirement there until his death in 1999.