Desmond Morris

Desmond Morris
Morris in 1969
Born
Desmond John Morris

(1928-01-24) 24 January 1928 (age 96)
Purton, Wiltshire, England
Alma mater
Occupation(s)Zoologist and ethologist
Known forThe Naked Ape (1967)
Spouse
Ramona Baulch
(m. 1952; died 2018)
Children1
Scientific career
FieldsZoology
ThesisThe reproductive behaviour of the ten-spined stickleback (1954)
Doctoral advisorNiko Tinbergen

Desmond John Morris FLS hon. caus. (born 24 January 1928) is an English zoologist, ethologist and surrealist painter, as well as a popular author in human sociobiology. He is known for his 1967 book The Naked Ape, and for his television programmes such as Zoo Time.