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John Richard Morgan (1 October 1854 – 11 April 1937) was a Welsh international footballer who earned ten caps between 1877 and 1883.[2]

Born at Llansamlet, near Swansea, Glamorgan, where his father, the Rev. Morgan Rice Morgan, was Vicar.[3] He was educated at Oundle School and St John's School, Leatherhead, and from 1874 to 1878 studied at Jesus College, Cambridge.[4] where he was awarded in 1877 a Blue for Association Football. He was Assistant Master at Park House School, Reading; Derby School, 1879–1883; and Somersetshire College, Bath. In 1885 he founded with his wife, Katherine Emily Bennett (1887-1942), Connaught House Preparatory School in Weymouth, Dorset.[4] He retired in 1920 and died on 11 April 1937 at 13, Somerset Place, Bath, and was buried at Lansdown Cemetery, Bath, Somerset.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "John Richard Morgan", Eu-Football
  2. ^ "John Morgan, international footballer". eu-football.info.
  3. ^ a b Obituary for J.R. Morgan, Bath Chronicle & Weekly Gazette, 17 April 1937
  4. ^ a b "John Morgan (MRGN874JR)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
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