BC 976 HERBERT STANLEY MORRIS BOTANICAL NOTEBOOKS

Manuscripts & Archives

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Herbert Stanley Morris was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1892, but attended school in the Eastern Cape. He went to the Bedford Public School and then to the South African College (now UCT) in 1907. By 1909 he had completed an Honours Degree in Botany and won the 1908 medal for Botany. He subsequently became District Commissioner on the island of Fiji and A.D.C. to the Governor, and later, during World War One, joined the Royal Flying Corps in England. He died in 1919 in an aircraft accident in England and was buried there.

The collection is made up of a number of botanical notebooks owned by Mr Morris, filled with notes taken by him during his sojourn at the S A College. Included are three sketches of wild flowers done from photographs and a group photograph taken in the year 1909 at the South African College.

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