Francis Orpen Morris

Vicar, ornithologist, entomologist, and author

Francis Orpen Morris (25 March 1810 – 10 February 1893) was an Irish clergyman, notable as "parson-naturalist" (ornithologist and entomologist) and as the author of many children's books and books 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.