> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 595](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355682) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/6675-1) LSID 6675-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5861587) QID Q5861587 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Morris, John (1810-1886), British geologist and palaeontologist; pharmaceutical chemist in Kensington until 1855; with Roderick Murchison on geological tours in Europe 1853-1855; from 1855-1877 professor of geology at University College, London. **Abbreviated name**: *J. Morris* \[standard form in IPNI: *Morris*\] #### Herbarium and types Some fossils in [[Collection BM|BM]]; library left to University College. #### Bibliography and biography Andrews p. 304; Barnhart 2: 516; BB p. 221; BM 3: 1355, 7: 868; CSP 4: 485-486, 8: 442, 10: 856, 12: 520, 17: 364; Dawson p. 622; Desmond p. 451; DNB 39: 98; Jackson p. 175-181, 190, 583; Kew 4: 61; NW p. 53: PH 567; PR ed. 1: 7230; Quenstedt p. 303. - Andrews, H. N., The fossil hunters 105-106, 174. 1980. - Anon., Bot. Not. 1887: 47; Nature 33: 248. 1886 (obit.); S. B. Isis, Dresden 1886: 31 (b. 19 Feb 1810, d. 7 Jan 1886). - Bonney, T. G., Quart. J. Geol. Soc. London 42(Proc.): 44-47. 1886. - Boulger, G. S., Proc. Geol. Ass. 9: 386-410. 1886; J. Bot. 24: 64. 1886. - Holmes, F. V., J. Proc. Essex Field Club 4: clxxxiii-clxxxiv. 1892. - Sherborn, C. D., Where is the – collection 99. 1940. - Woodward, B. B., *in*G. Murray, Hist. coll. BM(NH) 1: 43. 1904 (part of library at BM). - Woodward, H., Geol. Magaz. 1878: 481-487 (portr., bibl.), 1886 (no. 260): 95-96. #### Handwriting Geol. Magaz. 1878: under portr. facing p. 481. #### Eponymy *Morrisia*M. N. Bose (1959). *Note*: *Morrisiella*P. Aellen (1938) commemorates Albert Morris (1886-1939), Australian botanist. *Morrisographium*M. Morelet (1968) is dedicated to the mycologist E. F. Morris. ### Publications ##### n.6349. A catalogue of British fossils **Title** *A catalogue of British fossils*. Comprising all the genera and species hitherto described; with references to their geological distribution and to the localities in which they have been found... London (John Van Voorst,...) 1843. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. Brit. foss.* **Notes** *Ed. 1*: 1843 (p. vi: Jul 1843), p. \[i\]-x, \[1, cont.\], \[1\]-222. *Copy*: USGS. *Ed. 2*: Jul-Oct 1854 (p. iv: Jul 1854; Geol. Soc. rd. before 31 Oct), p. \[i\]-vii, \[viii\], \[1\]-372. *Copy*: USGS. – "Second edition, considerably enlarged" London (printed for and published by the author) 1854. Oct.