Autographs of Desmond Morris
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.
Morris was born in Purton, Wiltshire, to Marjorie (née Hunt) and children's fiction author Harry Morris. In 1933, the Morrises moved to Swindon where Desmond developed an interest in natural history and writing. He was educated at Dauntsey's School, a boarding school in Wiltshire.
In 1946, Morris joined the British Army for two years of national service, becoming a lecturer in fine arts at the Chiseldon Army College in Wiltshire. After being demobilised in 1948, he held his first one-man show of his own paintings at the Swindon Arts Centre, and studied zoology at the University of Birmingham. In 1950 he held a surrealist art exhibition with Joan Miró at the London Gallery. He held many other exhibitions in later years. Also in 1950, Desmond Morris wrote and directed two surrealist films, Time Flower and The Butterfly and the Pin. In 1951 he began a doctorate at the Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, in animal behaviour. In 1954, he earned a Doctor of Philosophy for his work on the reproductive behaviour of the ten-spined stickleback.
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The most expensive item with a signature of Desmond Morris (Dougal Dixon, Desmond Morris / After Man A Zoology of the Future Signed 1st 1981) was sold in March 2026 for £990.21 while the cheapest item (Desmond Morris (The Naked Ape) Signed PR Card) found a new owner for £0.65 in December 2012. The month with the most items sold (3) was May 2020 with an average selling price of £20.00 for an autographed item of Desmond Morris. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in April 2026 with £502.73 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £1.99 was August 2015. In average, an autographed item from Desmond Morris is worth £21.00.
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