Mr. Frederick Douglas Morrison, superintendent of the Maryland School for the Blind, died at St. Joseph's Hospital, Baltimore, on Saturday. He had been operated upon for appendicitis and failed to rally from the effects. He was taken ill last Monday week.
Mr. Morrison was one of the most noted educators in the country. In his specialty, the teaching of the blind, he was recognized as one of the highest authorities. For the past forty years he has been at the head of his institution of learning and in that time has brought it to a high standard. He was a son of the late Mansel Morrison and was born near Bel Air, on September 30, 1837. He first read law in the office of the late Henry W. Archer. Due to his well-known Confederate sympathies, he was unable to pass the bar. He was appointed assistant superintendent of the House of Refuge. He afterwards became a member of the faculty of Girard College and in 1864 accepted the superintendency of the Blind Asylum. He is survived by one son Mr. George C. Morrison, a member of the Baltimore City bar and present representative in the Legislature, two sisters Miss Florence Morrison and Mrs. Buck, wife of Dr. Charles Buck, of New Orleans, and one brother Mr. J. Ralph Morrison, of Harrisburg, Pa.
"In a word, Mr. Morrison was an able superintendent at the Maryland School for the Blind, a true friend, a loving parent, a typical gentleman and a good man.
His funeral took place on Monday the interment being in Loudon Park cemetery.
-Aegis & Intelligencer, Dec 12, 1902, p. 3; Oct 14, 1904, p. 3.
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Mr. Morrison was one of the most noted educators in the country. In his specialty, the teaching of the blind, he was recognized as one of the highest authorities. For the past forty years he has been at the head of his institution of learning and in that time has brought it to a high standard. He was a son of the late Mansel Morrison and was born near Bel Air, on September 30, 1837. He first read law in the office of the late Henry W. Archer. Due to his well-known Confederate sympathies, he was unable to pass the bar. He was appointed assistant superintendent of the House of Refuge. He afterwards became a member of the faculty of Girard College and in 1864 accepted the superintendency of the Blind Asylum. He is survived by one son Mr. George C. Morrison, a member of the Baltimore City bar and present representative in the Legislature, two sisters Miss Florence Morrison and Mrs. Buck, wife of Dr. Charles Buck, of New Orleans, and one brother Mr. J. Ralph Morrison, of Harrisburg, Pa.
"In a word, Mr. Morrison was an able superintendent at the Maryland School for the Blind, a true friend, a loving parent, a typical gentleman and a good man.
His funeral took place on Monday the interment being in Loudon Park cemetery.
-Aegis & Intelligencer, Dec 12, 1902, p. 3; Oct 14, 1904, p. 3.
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Mr. Frederick Douglas Morrison, superintendent of the Maryland School for the Blind, died at St. Joseph's Hospital, Baltimore, on Saturday. He had been operated upon for appendicitis and failed to rally from the effects. He was taken ill last Monday week.
Mr. Morrison was one of the most noted educators in the country. In his specialty, the teaching of the blind, he was recognized as one of the highest authorities. For the past forty years he has been at the head of his institution of learning and in that time has brought it to a high standard. He was a son of the late Mansel Morrison and was born near Bel Air, on September 30, 1837. He first read law in the office of the late Henry W. Archer. Due to his well-known Confederate sympathies, he was unable to pass the bar. He was appointed assistant superintendent of the House of Refuge. He afterwards became a member of the faculty of Girard College and in 1864 accepted the superintendency of the Blind Asylum. He is survived by one son Mr. George C. Morrison, a member of the Baltimore City bar and present representative in the Legislature, two sisters Miss Florence Morrison and Mrs. Buck, wife of Dr. Charles Buck, of New Orleans, and one brother Mr. J. Ralph Morrison, of Harrisburg, Pa.
"In a word, Mr. Morrison was an able superintendent at the Maryland School for the Blind, a true friend, a loving parent, a typical gentleman and a good man.
His funeral took place on Monday the interment being in Loudon Park cemetery.
-Aegis & Intelligencer, Dec 12, 1902, p. 3; Oct 14, 1904, p. 3.
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Mr. Morrison was one of the most noted educators in the country. In his specialty, the teaching of the blind, he was recognized as one of the highest authorities. For the past forty years he has been at the head of his institution of learning and in that time has brought it to a high standard. He was a son of the late Mansel Morrison and was born near Bel Air, on September 30, 1837. He first read law in the office of the late Henry W. Archer. Due to his well-known Confederate sympathies, he was unable to pass the bar. He was appointed assistant superintendent of the House of Refuge. He afterwards became a member of the faculty of Girard College and in 1864 accepted the superintendency of the Blind Asylum. He is survived by one son Mr. George C. Morrison, a member of the Baltimore City bar and present representative in the Legislature, two sisters Miss Florence Morrison and Mrs. Buck, wife of Dr. Charles Buck, of New Orleans, and one brother Mr. J. Ralph Morrison, of Harrisburg, Pa.
"In a word, Mr. Morrison was an able superintendent at the Maryland School for the Blind, a true friend, a loving parent, a typical gentleman and a good man.
His funeral took place on Monday the interment being in Loudon Park cemetery.
-Aegis & Intelligencer, Dec 12, 1902, p. 3; Oct 14, 1904, p. 3.
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