The Meaning of James Morison

A name has many meanings. For most people the meaning comes from the associations. In particular, famous James Morisons, of which there are several.

Jim Morrison, shaman and lead singer for the Doors, is likely the best known James Morrison to people these days. When I was in high school in the early 70s, my cousin would tell his friends that Jim Morrison was his cousin, and if they didn’t believe him they could ask his mom. She wondered why they wanted to know about me.

Rev. James Morison was a religious leader in Scotland during the 1800s who founded a group known as the Morisonians, also known as the Evangelical Union. The Church had an anti-Calvinistic doctrine and believed in the salvation of all people, not just believers..

James Morison was a “hygeist” in England who sold Vegetable Universal Pills, which he claimed would cure all ills. From what I read, they didn’t cure much of anything. He died in 1840.

Dr. James Beattie Morison was my father. Maybe not so famous, but he had a profound influence on me. He was an early researcher in to why people smoked and therefore, how to discourage them from smoking.

Dr. James Beattie Morison was my grandfather’s twin brother. He was a dentist and the first orthodontist in Canada. There is a plaque dedicated to him at Concordia University in Montreal.

Dr. James H. Morison is an Oceanographer with the Polar Science Center at the University of Washington. He studies environmental change in the Arctic.

James Morrison is an Australian jazz musician. He led the Morrison Brothers Big Bad Band with his brother John.

James Morrison is a singer from Britain. His real name is James Morrison Catchpole. His debut single, “You Give Me Something” was an international hit in 2006.

James L. Morrison is a Professor Emeritus of Education at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He is a sociologist who has focused education planning.