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Christopher Morley was born on May 5, 1890, to Janet Bird and Frank Morley. He had one brother, Felix Morley. His father was a math professor at Haverford College, and his mother was a musician and poet who taught young Morley how to read.

At the age of ten, Christopher Morley and his family moved to Baltimore, Maryland. He returned to Haverford in 1906 to attend Haverford College. He received his BA there and graduated as valedictorian in 1910. His brother, Felix, later became the president of Haverford.

After graduating from Haverford, Morley was selected as a Rhodes Scholar and attended New College in Oxford, England, from 1910 to 1913, where he studied modern history. During this time, he published a volume of poetry,The Eighth Sin (1912), and also wrote stories and published articles in the Haverfordian, which he edited.

Returning to the United States in 1913, he started his career with the publishing company Doubleday, Page & Co. in New York, and married a long-time friend, Helen Fairchild. Together they had four children.

Later in his life, he edited two Phi

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Christopher Morley: A Brief Biography

The following was adapted from a 2015 library newsletter article by former archivist Myrna Sloam.

Though Christopher Morley’s name is well-recognized in the Roslyn area due to the Nassau County park on Searingtown Road which is named after him, few know the extent of his connection to Roslyn and of his impact in the 1920s, 30s and 40s on the New York literary scene.

Born in Haverford, Pennsylvania, Christopher Darlington Morley (1890-1957) was the eldest of three sons of Frank and Lillian Bird Morley. At the time of his birth, his father was a professor of mathematics at Haverford College. His mother was a poet and musician. Morley spent the first 10 years of his life in Haverford and then returned there in 1906, to attend college. He graduated in 1910 and was awarded a Rhodes scholarship to study at New College, Oxford, graduating in 1913. In later years, his brothers, Frank and Felix, would also become Rhodes Scholars.

Morley began writing at a young age. While attending Haverford College he wrote for the school newspaper and

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Christopher Morley

American journalist, novelist, essayist and poet

For other uses, see Christopher Morley (disambiguation).

Christopher Darlington Morley (May 5, 1890 – March 28, 1957) was an American journalist, novelist, essayist and poet. He also produced stage productions for a few years and gave college lectures.^[1]

Biography

Morley was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. His father, Frank Morley, was a mathematics professor at Haverford College; his mother, Lilian Janet Bird, was a violinist who provided Christopher with much of his later love for literature and poetry.^[1]

In 1900, the family moved to Baltimore, Maryland. In 1906 Christopher entered Haverford College, graduating in 1910 as valedictorian. He then went to New College, Oxford, for three years on a Rhodes scholarship, studying modern history.^[2]

In 1913 Morley completed his Oxford studies and moved to New York City, New York. On June 14, 1914, he married Helen Booth Fairchild, with whom he would have four children, including Louise Morley Cochrane. They first lived