William C. Morris, Buenos Aires

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William C. Morris
Town
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William C. Morris
Coordinates: 34°36′S58°37′W / 34.600°S 58.617°W / -34.600; -58.617
CountryFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Province Bandera Buenos Aires.svg Buenos Aires
Partido Hurlingham
Elevation
15 m (49 ft)
Population
 (2001 census [INDEC])
  Total
48,916
CPA Base
B 1688
Area code +54 11

William C. Morris is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It forms part of the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area and is located in the Hurlingham Partido.

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Name

The town is named to honor Englishman William Case Morris (16 February 1864 – 15 September 1932), Methodist, educator and founder of the first Methodist Chapel in Argentina. He arrived in Argentina as a ten-year-old youth with his widowed father, and eventually founded a series of children's shelters in Buenos Aires. He returned to England shortly before his death. [1]

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