William Morrow and Company

William Morrow and Company is an American publishing company founded by William Morrow in 1926. The company was acquired by Scott Foresman in 1967, sold to Hearst Corporation in 1981, and sold to News Corporation in 1999. The company is now an imprint of HarperCollins.

William Morrow has published many renowned fiction and non-fiction authors, including Ray Bradbury, Elmore Leonard, Neal Stephenson, Erle Stanley Gardner, B.H. Liddell Hart, Neil Gaiman and Michael Chabon.

Francis Thayer Hobson was President and later Chairman of the Board of William Morrow and Company.

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William Morrow (South Australian politician)

William Morrow (15 September 1872 – 3 July 1934) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1915 to 1934, representing three successive conservative parties, the Liberal Union, Liberal Federation and Liberal and Country League.

History

William Morrow was born in Bairnsdale, Victoria in 1872, and had early experience as a "printer's devil" and machine operator. He moved to Queensland, where he learned the craft of a tailor, then moved to Port Pirie, South Australia in 1891, entering into partnership as tailors and outfitters on Alexander Street with William J. Paull, whom he bought out 12 months later. In 1899 he built new premises at the corner of Ellen and David streets, where the Commonwealth Bank and other businesses were later situated. He sold his business to H. W. "Bert" Overland and left Port Pirie in 1915.

Politics

Morrow was elected councillor for North Ward of Port Pirie Council in 1904, and he was appointed mayor in December 1909, M. L. Warren succeeding him as councillor. Port Pirie experienced considerable progress during his two years in the mayoral chair, but his skills as chairman tested regularly, as the parties were neatly balanced and he was continually having to exercise his casting vote.

Bill Morrow (Australian politician)

William "Bill" Morrow (1891 – 12 July 1980) was an Australian politician. Born in Rockhampton, Queensland, he received a primary education before becoming a railway worker. Having moved to Tasmania, he was Tasmanian Secretary of the Australian Railways Union 1936-1946. In 1946, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Labor Senator for Tasmania. He lost his Labor endorsement in 1953 and stood on his own ticket, under the name of "Tasmanian Labor Party". He received 5.1% of the vote but was defeated. Morrow died in 1980.

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