Editing Desmond Morris (section)

==Personal life==
Morris's father suffered lung damage in [[World War I]], and died when Morris was 14. He was not allowed to go to the funeral and said later; "It was the beginning of a lifelong hatred of the establishment. The church, the government and the military were all on my hate list and have remained there ever since."<ref>{{cite news | title=My family values: Desmond Morris interview | newspaper=[[The Guardian]] | url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/nov/01/desmond-morris-family-values | access-date=28 November 2012 | first=Alice | last=Douglas | date=1 November 2008 | archive-date=12 December 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212094442/http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/nov/01/desmond-morris-family-values | url-status=live }}</ref> His grandfather William Morris, an enthusiastic [[Victorian era|Victorian]] naturalist and founder of the Swindon local newspaper,<ref name="dmbiography"/> greatly influenced him during his time living in Swindon.

In July 1952, Morris married Ramona Baulch; they had one son, Jason.<ref name="dmbiography"/> In 1978 Morris was elected vice-chairman of [[Oxford United F.C.|Oxford United]].<ref name=":0" /> While a director of the club, he designed its ox-head badge based on a [[Minoan]]-style bull's head, which remains in use to this day.<ref>{{cite news | title=The history of the United Badge | url=https://www.oufc.co.uk/news/2015/june/the-history-of-the-united-badge/ | access-date=5 July 2023 }}</ref>

Morris lived in the same house in [[North Oxford]] as the 19th-century lexicographer [[James Murray (lexicographer)|James Murray]] who worked on the ''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]''.<ref name="guardian07">{{cite news | title=We'd be better off if women ran everything | newspaper=[[The Guardian]] | url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/dec/18/scienceandnature.science | access-date=1 December 2016 | first=Stephen | last=Moss | date=18 December 2007 | archive-date=2 December 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202102907/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/dec/18/scienceandnature.science | url-status=live }}</ref> He has exhibited at the Taurus Gallery in [[North Parade]], Oxford, close to where he lived.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.taurusgallery.com/ | title=Taurus Gallery | access-date=1 December 2016 | archive-date=2 December 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202165729/http://www.taurusgallery.com/ | url-status=live }}</ref> He is the patron of the Friends of [[Swindon Museum and Art Gallery]] and gave a talk to launch the charity in 1993.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Administrator|title=Get Involved|url=http://www.swindonmuseumandartgallery.org.uk/info/6/get-involved/6/get-involved-1/2|access-date=2022-01-03|website=swindonmuseumandartgallery.org.uk}}</ref> Since the death of his wife in 2018 he has lived with his son and family in Ireland.<ref>{{cite news |title=Desmond Morris on the Irish |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/desmond-morris-on-the-irish-there-s-a-humour-there-and-a-love-of-the-eccentric-1.4213915?mode=sample&auth-failed=1&pw-origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fculture%2Fbooks%2Fdesmond-morris-on-the-irish-there-s-a-humour-there-and-a-love-of-the-eccentric-1.4213915 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=5 April 2020 |archive-date=4 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200404083318/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/desmond-morris-on-the-irish-there-s-a-humour-there-and-a-love-of-the-eccentric-1.4213915?mode=sample&auth-failed=1&pw-origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fculture%2Fbooks%2Fdesmond-morris-on-the-irish-there-s-a-humour-there-and-a-love-of-the-eccentric-1.4213915 |url-status=live| last = Mulcahy | first = Miriam | date = 4 April 2020}}</ref>