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Morison

American  
[mawr-uh-suhn, mor-] / ˈmɔr ə sən, ˈmɒr- /

noun

  1. Samuel Eliot, 1887–1976, U.S. historian.


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Mr. Restall dismisses this delicious idea, as did Samuel Eliot Morison before him.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 2, 2026

“All these composers that we had idolized when we were teenagers, he has subsequently commissioned pieces from,” said Morison, who remains close with Hodges.

From New York Times Aug. 7, 2023

Hudson is the second manager the Bluebirds have sacked this season after they dismissed Steve Morison in September.

From BBC Jan. 14, 2023

“He hasn't answered. So I kind of worry that they’re afraid to talk to anybody now,” Morison says.

From Science Magazine Mar. 4, 2022

Four decades later, Samuel Eliot Morison, twice a Pulitzer Prize ‘According to Joseph Conrad, the violence was of culinary origin. “

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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