Francis Orpen Morris
1810–93
Clergyman, naturalist, and writer. While at Worcester College, Oxford, arranged the insect collection at the Ashmolean museum. MA, 1833. Ordained deacon, 1834; priest 1835. Held several clerical posts until settling as rector of Nunburnholme, Yorkshire, in 1854. Publications included works on birds, bird protection, butterflies and moths, and opposition to Darwinism.
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ODNB.
Bibliography
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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