Rev. Francis Orpen Morris

Francis Orpen Morris (25 March 1810 – 10 February 1893)

An Irish clergyman, notable as "parson-naturalist" (ornithologist and entomologist) and as the author of many books for children and on natural history and heritage buildings. He was a pioneer of the movement to protect birds from the plume trade and was a co-founder of the Plumage League. He died on 10 February 1893 and was buried at Nunburnholme, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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