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|death_date=February 16, 2017 (aged 64)

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'''John Miller Morris, Jr.''' (October 10, 1952 &ndash; February 16, 2017), was a [[geography|geographer]] from [[Texas]], who was a full professor at the University of Texas at [[San Antonio]]. He resided in the capital city of [[Austin, Texas|Austin]].

'''John Miller Morris, Jr.''' (October 10, 1952 &ndash; February 16, 2017), was a [[geography|geographer]] from [[Texas]], who was a full professor at the University of Texas at [[San Antonio]]. He resided in the capital city of [[Austin]].

Morris was reared in [[Amarillo]], Texas, where his mother was an elementary school teacher.<ref name=utsa/> His family business, the C. B. Morris Company, was among the first family farm corporations in the state. As a youth, he attained the rank of [[Eagle Scout]]. He received a Bachelor of Arts; two master's degrees, one in community planning and the other in [[Slavic languages]], and the Ph.D. in geography and planning. All of his studies were at the [[University of Texas at Austin]], at which he also competed in [[fencing]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/statesman/obituary.aspx?pid=184352934#sthash.KOeAHMFC.dpuf|title=John Miller Morris, Jr.|publisher=''Austin American-Statesman''|date=March 5, 2017}}</ref>

Morris was reared in [[Amarillo]], Texas, where his mother was an elementary school teacher.<ref name=utsa/> His family business, the C. B. Morris Company, was among the first family farm corporations in the state. As a youth, he attained the rank of [[Eagle Scout]]. He received a Bachelor of Arts; two master's degrees, one in community planning and the other in [[Slavic languages]], and the [[Ph.D.]] in geography and planning. All of his studies were at the [[University of Texas at Austin]], at which he also competed in [[fencing]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/statesman/obituary.aspx?pid=184352934#sthash.KOeAHMFC.dpuf|title=John Miller Morris, Jr.|publisher=''Austin American-Statesman''|date=March 5, 2017}}</ref>

His study ''El Llano Estacado'' is the definitive 2003 work on the history, geography, peoples, and culture  of the region of West Texas known as the "Staked Plains".<ref name=obit/> He also authored ''A Private in the Texas Rangers: A. T. Miller of Company B, Frontier Battalion''<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-private-in-the-texas-rangers-john-miller-morris/1114291339|title=A Private in the Texas Rangers|publisher=[[Texas A&M University]] Press|date=2001|isbn=9780890969649|access date=March 6, 2017}}</ref> and ''Taming the Land: The Lost Postcard Photographs of the Texas High Plains''.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/taming-the-land-john-miller-morris-jr/1112053618|title=Taming the Land: The Lost Postcard Photographs of the Texas High Plains|publisher=Texas A&M University Press|date=2009|isbn=9781603440370|accessdate=March 6, 2017}}</ref>

His study ''El Llano Estacado'' is the definitive 2003 work on the history, geography, peoples, and culture  of the region of West Texas known as the "Staked Plains".<ref name=obit/> He also authored ''A Private in the Texas Rangers: A. T. Miller of Company B, Frontier Battalion''<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-private-in-the-texas-rangers-john-miller-morris/1114291339|title=A Private in the Texas Rangers|publisher=[[Texas A&M University]] Press|date=2001|isbn=9780890969649|access date=March 6, 2017}}</ref> and ''Taming the Land: The Lost Postcard Photographs of the Texas High Plains''.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/taming-the-land-john-miller-morris-jr/1112053618|title=Taming the Land: The Lost Postcard Photographs of the Texas High Plains|publisher=Texas A&M University Press|date=2009|isbn=9781603440370|accessdate=March 6, 2017}}</ref>

He was active in clean-up drives in his Austin neighborhood and the surrounding area of Ranch-to-Market 2222. He worked to improve and expand the hiking trail at Long Canyon. He served numerous terms on his homeowner's association board. He worked with developers to assure that buildings would be as unobtrusive as possible in line with the beauty of the scenic Texas Hill Country. He spent years restoring a 140-year-old Victorian house that he rescued from demolition and moved to the hills and woods of west Austin.<ref name=obit/>

He was active in clean-up drives in his Austin neighborhood and the surrounding area of Ranch-to-Market 2222. He worked to improve and expand the hiking trail at Long Canyon. He served numerous terms on his homeowner's association board. He worked with developers to assure that buildings would be as unobtrusive as possible in line with the beauty of the scenic Texas Hill Country. He spent years restoring a 140-year-old Victorian house that he rescued from demolition and moved to the hills and woods of west Austin.<ref name=obit/>

Professor Miller was survived by a daughter, Erin Claire Noakes of [[Washington D.C.]] He was cremated.<ref name=obit/>

Professor Miller died at the age of sixty-four. He was survived by a daughter, Erin Claire Noakes of [[Washington D.C.]] He was cremated.<ref name=obit/>

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