William Hook Morley
William Hook Morley was an English barrister and orientalist.
Life
The second son of George Morley of the Inner Temple, he entered the Middle Temple on 17 August 1833. He was called to the bar 12 January 1838.Morley was a trustee of the Royal Asiatic Society, and during the last year of his life also its librarian. He died at 35 Brompton Square, London, on 21 May 1860.
Works
Morley in 1838 discovered a missing manuscript of the Jami' al-tawarikh of Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, making something of a reputation. He published:- , by W. Morley, Esq., and Professor Duncan Forbes, on the Discovery of part of the Second Volume of the 'Jami al Tawarikh,' supposed to be lost." The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 11-41.A Digest of Cases decided in the Supreme Courts of India Catalogue of the Historical Manuscripts in the Arabic and Persian Languages in the possession of the Royal Asiatic Society
- "A description of a planispheric astrolabe constructed for Sultan Husayn, its past History and present State, comprising an Account of the Laws peculiar to India. London: Williams and Norgate, 1858.