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Bibliography and dates |
| 1834 |
Born on March 24th at Walthamstow, Essex, England |
| 1847 |
His father, a city broker, dies |
| 1848 |
Enters Marlborough College |
| 1851 |
Continues education at home |
| 1853 |
Enters Exeter College, Oxford with a view to joining the church |
| 1856 |
Begins work at the architectural office of G.E. Street, leaving after a year |
| 1857 |
Helps found the Oxford and Cambridge Magazine |
| 1857 |
Works with Rossetti, Burne-Jones and others on the Oxford Union fresco |
| 1858 |
Publishes Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems |
| 1859 |
Marries Jane Burden and commissions Red House from Philip Webb |
| 1860 |
Moves into Red House |
| 1861 |
First child - Jenny - born, and Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. is set up |
| 1865 |
Leaves Red House to live 'above shop' in Queen Square, Bloomsbury |
| 1871 |
Travels to Iceland |
| 1873 |
Visits Northern Italy and makes second trip to Iceland |
| 1876 |
Becomes Treasurer of the Eastern Question Association |
| 1877 |
Founds, with Webb, the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings |
| 1883 |
Joins the Democratic Federation as a socialist |
| 1884 |
Founds the Socialist League and publishes Art and Socialism |
| 1890 |
Establishes the Kelmscott Press |
| 1891 |
News from Nowhere published |
| 1892 |
Refuses the offer of poet laureateship |
| 1896 |
Dies October 3rd and is buried at Kelmscott |
William Morris and Red House