He was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and in 1768 was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society as a "Rector of Buckland in Hertfordshire, Author of the Greek Thesaurus lately published, and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, a Gentleman well skilled in Natural History and every branch of Polite Literature".[4][5]
He was appointed Garrison Chaplain at Portsmouth barracks in 1775.
Morell wrote the longest and most detailed surviving account of collaboration with Handel.[6]
He died in 1784 and was buried in Chiswick, London.
Librettos
He is best known as the librettist of the following of George Frideric Handel's oratorios:
^Morell, Thomas (2004). "Morell, Thomas (1703–1784), classical scholar and librettist | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/19201. Retrieved 2020-03-01. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ a b c d eSmith, R. (2002). Thomas Morell and His Letter about Handel. Journal of the Royal Musical Association, 127(2), 191-225. Retrieved March 1, 2020
^"Portrait of Thomas Morell | Royal Society Picture Library". Pictures.royalsociety.org. 2012-05-15. Retrieved 2020-03-01.