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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2025-02-04 human Helen Cohn updated 2026-03-31 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007597b.htm person Morris Dennis Ivor AACR2 16 May 1924 27 July 2005 Place of Birth Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United Kingdom Place of Death Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Botanist Weed scientist Plant taxonomist Brian Morris had a unrivalled knowledge of Tasmania's exotic flora. He developed this while serving for nearly 25 years as Weed Officer for the Tasmanian Department of Agriculture. Before joining the Department he had a varied career as army officer, surveyor and park ranger. During his time with the Department Morris published extensively of Tasmanian weeds, and participated in the Department's extension services. His expertise was called upon by other Tasmanian Government agencies (including the police), researchers at the University of Tasmania, and the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service. Despite having no formal training in botany, Morris became a highly skilled and greatly respected taxonomist, adept in plant nomenclature, and specialising in monocotyledons, particularly grasses and sedges. His publications, and those of his colleagues, were often illustrated with his high quality, ink drawings: these are now in the Tasmanian Herbarium. In the 1960s Morris became acquainted with Winifred Curtis, botanist with the University of Tasmania. They worked together on The student's flora of Tasmania, an influential and fundamental text on Tasmanian botany. The Tasmanian Herbarium holds over 2,500 specimens collected by Morris. 1942 1947 Military service - Served in the British and Indian Armies 1947 1950 Career position - Worked in U.K. in forestry and on farms 1950 1950 Life event - Migrated to Australia 1951? 1952 Career event - Surveying job in British Columbia, Canada 1952 1954 Career position - Surveyor, Hydro-Electric Commission of Tasmania 1954 1961 Career position - Park Ranger at Mount Field, Tasmanian Scenery Preservation Board 1961 1985 Career position - Weed Officer, Tasmanian Department of Agriculture 1985 1985 Life event - Retired January 1985 2005? Career position - Honorary Botanist, Tasmanian Herbarium 1987 1987 Award - Australian Institute of Agricultural Science (AIAS) Award for contribution to the Advancement of Agriculture in Tasmania 1999 1999 Award - Council of Australian Weed Science Societies (CAWSS) Leadership Medal 2003 2003 Award - DSc honoris causa, University of Tasmania Curtis, Winifred (1905 - 2005) Tasmanian Department of Agriculture [II], State of Tasmania (1911 - 1989)

Weed Officer 1961 - 1985

 Tasmanian Herbarium (1976 - )

Honorary Botanist 1985 - ?2005; the Herbarium holds over 12,500 of Morris's specimens

 Australian Institute of Agricultural Science (1935 - 1996)

Received the Institute's Award for contribution to the Advancement of Agriculture in Tasmania 1987

 'Morris, Dennis Ivor', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Morris, Dennis Ivor Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Tasmanian plants toxic for animals Munday, B. L. and Morris, D. I. Tasmanian plants toxic for animals Hobart Tasmanian Department of Agriculture 1978 Journal Article: The weed invasion in Tasmania since 1970 Rozefelds, A. C. F., Cave, L., Morris, D. I. and Buchanan, A. M. The weed invasion in Tasmania since 1970 1999 Australian journal of botany 47 1 23-48 Journal Article: New taxa and a new combination in Tasmanian Poaceae Morris, D. I. New taxa and a new combination in Tasmanian Poaceae 1990 Muelleria 7 147-71 Book: Common grasses of Tasmania: an agriculturalists' guide Lane, P., Morris, D. I. and Shannon, G. Common grasses of Tasmania: an agriculturalists' guide Hobart Tasmanian Environment Centre 1999 Book: Tasmanian weed handbook: a guide to the identification of the main broad-leaf weeds of crops and pastures in Tasmania. Hyde-Wyatt. B. H. and Morris, D. I. Tasmanian weed handbook: a guide to the identification of the main broad-leaf weeds of crops and pastures in Tasmania. Hobart Tasmanian Department of Agriculture 1975 Book: The noxious and secondary weeds of Tasmania Hyde-Wyatt, B. H. and Morris, D. I. The noxious and secondary weeds of Tasmania Hobart Tasmanian Department of Agriculture 1980 Journal Article: Occurrence and distribution of native and introduced C4 grasses in Tasmania Hovenden, M. J. and Morris, D. I. Occurrence and distribution of native and introduced C4 grasses in Tasmania 2002 Australian journal of botany 50 6 667-75 Book: The student's flora of Tasmania Curtis, Winifred M.; and Morris Dennis I. The student's flora of Tasmania Hobart Government Printer 1956-1994 Journal Article: Vale Dennis Morris, 1924-2005 Kantvilas, Gintaras Vale Dennis Morris, 1924-2005 2005 Muelleria 22 113-8 Journal Article: Dennis Morris awarded an honorary Doctor of Science Baker, Matthew Dennis Morris awarded an honorary Doctor of Science 2003 Australian Systematic Botany Society newsletter 117 21-2 Resource: Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators Fagg, Murray Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria (CHAH) 2010