| Eva Morris | |
| Birth Name: | Eva Sharpe |
| Birth Date: | 8 November 1885 |
| Birth Place: | Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Death Date: | (aged) |
| Death Place: | Stone, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Children: | 1 (deceased) |
Eva Morris (née Sharpe, 8 November 1885 – 2 November 2000) was the oldest recognised person in the world, by the Guinness Book of Records,[1] [2] from December 1999 until November 2000.[3] However, the Gerontology Research Group has since then validated the age of Ella Miller (1884–2000), who died on 21 November, meaning Eva Morris was in fact the world’s second-oldest living person.[4] She was a native of Stone, Staffordshire, England.
Morris died in her sleep at 1:25 am at the Autumn House Nursing Home in Stone.
Morris attributed her longevity to whisky and boiled onions.[5] She was said by friends to enjoy the occasional cigarette and to have ridden a bicycle.[6]
She worked as a domestic servant[7] and was widowed in the 1930s. Morris lived in her own flat until she was 107, when she moved to a nursing home after a chest infection. Her only child Winnie died of cancer in 1975 at the age of 62.