William Morfill [1834-1909] M.A., Ph.D., D.Litt., born at Maidstone Kentucky, Professor of Russian and Slavonic languages - University of Oxford; he travelled extensively in Russia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Georgia and elsewhere to compile grammars, dictionaries and cultural histories.
1889 – officially recognized Reader in Russian at Oxford University.
1900 – Professor of Russian and Slavonic Languages - Oxford University.
1903-08 – awarded honorary Doctorate - Charles University, Prague.

Works
Russia; The peasant poets of Russia; The story of Russia; The story of Poland; Slavonic literature; A history of Russia from the birth of Peter the Great to the death of Alexander II; A Grammar of the Russian Language; Simplified grammar of the Serbian language; A Simplified Grammar of the Polish Language; A short grammar of the Bulgarian language; Slavonic Literature; A Grammar of the Bohemian or Cech Language; Ballads from Manuscripts - Ballads on the condition of England in Henry VIII's and Edward VI's reigns; The Apocalypse of Baruch Translated from the Slavonic; The Book of the Secrets of Enoch - Primary Source Edition.