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

'''John Miller Morris, Jr.''' (October 10, 1952 – February 16, 2017), was a [[geography|geographer]] from [[Texas]], 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=https://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>