William Hook Morley

William Hook Morley (1815–1860) was an English barrister and orientalist.

[1] 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.

[1] Morley in 1838 discovered a missing manuscript of the Jami' al-tawarikh of Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, making something of a reputation.

He published:[1] Morley also edited in 1848, for the Society for the Publication of Oriental Texts, Mir Khwand's History of the Atábeks of Syria and Persia, with a description of Atabeg coins by William Sandys Vaux.