 President of the William Morris Society Hans Brill referred to Morris as " one of the outstanding figures of the nineteenth century " , while Linda Parry termed him the " single most important figure in British textile production " . At the time of Morris ' death , his poetry was known internationally and his company 's products were found all over the world . In his lifetime , he was best known as a poet , although by the late twentieth @-@ century he was primarily known as a designer of wallpapers and fabrics . 
