Edward Morton (author)

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Edward A. Morton (1858–1922) was a British 19th-century writer.{{cite book|title=The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History|year=2011|editor=Rubinstein, William D.|chapter=Morton, Edward|pages=696–697|publisher=Springer |isbn=9780230304666|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_T_HCg17ufIC&pg=PA697}} His works included the musical comedy San Toy.{{cite magazine |title=Morton, Edward|magazine= Who's Who Biographies, 1901|year= 1901|page=813|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8EcuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA813}}

Biography

Edward Morton was born in 1858.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T3Q_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA38 |title=The Jewish Encyclopedia |volume=9 |editor-first=Isidore |editor-last=Singer |editor-link=Isidore Singer |publisher=Funk & Wagnalls |page=38 |date=1907 |access-date=2023-10-17 |via=Google Books}}{{cite book|title=From the Ghetto to the Melting Pot: Israel Zangwill's Jewish Plays|chapter=Prologue|page=1|year=2006|editor=Nahshon, Edna|location=Detroit, Michigan|publisher=Wayne State U. Press|isbn=0814329551|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NfMO6oKZoD4C&pg=PA1}}

The only child of Morton and his wife Rosamond was J. B. Morton, who became a noted columnist and humourist.

Edward Morton died in a nursing home in London on 6 July 1922.{{Cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000378/19220707/155/0007 |title=News in Brief |newspaper=Northern Daily Mail |publication-place=Hartlepool |page=7 |date=1922-07-07 |access-date=2023-10-17 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}}

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