Jan Marsh

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Jan Marsh is a British writer and curator who is an expert on the Victorian period and particularly the Pre-Raphaelites and William Morris. [1]

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Marsh is president of the William Morris Society, a trustee of the William Morris Gallery and a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

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Edward Burne-Jones 19th-century English artist

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May Morris

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Fanny Cornforth

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