Desmond Morris obituary

Zoologist, author and broadcaster who found fame with his groundbreaking 1967 book The Naked ApeDesmond Morris, the zoologist, writer and broadcaster, who has died aged 98, in the course of 60 years put his name to more than 50 books, and fronted several hundred hours of television, starting with the Granada children’s weekly programme Zoo Time from 1956. It was broadcast from a special residential television studio built within the grounds of London Zoo.He also established himself as an authori...