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- Birth nameDesmond John Morris
- Height6′ (1.83 m)
- Desmond Morris was born on January 24, 1928 in Purton, Wiltshire, England, UK. He was a writer and director, known for Quest for Fire (1981), The Naked Ape (1973) and Expulsion from Paradise (2001). He was married to Ramona Morris. He died on April 19, 2026 in Naas, County Kildare, Ireland.
- SpouseRamona Morris(July 30, 1952 - 2018) (her death, 1 child)
- Was curator of mammals at London Zoo.
- Director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts and Director of Oxford United Football Club.
- He attended Birmingham University, where he studied zoology but refused to do animal experiments. He took a new approach, called "ethology", which involved objective study of their behavior instead.
- Zoologist and author best known for his book, The Naked Ape, published in 1967. It posits that modern humans are still fundamentally ape-like despite our technological advances.
- In 1951 he began a doctorate at the Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, in animal behaviour.
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