Charles MorrisAmerican philosopher and semiotician Charles William Morris was born on May 23 in Denver, Colorado. He was the son of Laura (Campbell) and Charles William Morris. Morris briefly attended the University of Wisconsin before moving o to Northwestern University to study engineering and psychology, where he earned a B.S. in 1922. He enrolled at the University of Chicago the following year to pursue a doctorate in philosophy under the guidance of George Herbert Mead. Morris graduated with a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1925 after finishing his dissertation on a symbolic theory of mind. For six years, Morris taught philosophy at Rice University in Houston, Texas. He taught philosophy as an associate professor at the University of Chicago from 1931 until 1947 after leaving Rice. Morris started giving lectures in Chicago in 1948 and held the job there until 1958. Thomas A. Sebeok, a semiotician, was one of his pupils. Additionally, he contributed to and finished Six Theories of Mind. Morris wed Gertrude E. Thompson in 1925; they had a daughter together named Sally Morris Petrilli. He wed psychologist Ellen Ruth Allen, his second wife, in 1951. Gainesville, Florida's Charles William Morris passed away on January 15, 1979. Read More Read Less