Richard Morris
English engineer and industrialist
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| Intro | English engineer and industrialist | ||||||
| A.K.A. | Sir Richard Morris Dick Morris Richard Samuel Morris Sir Richard Samuel Morris James Richard Samuel Morris Sir James Richard Samuel Morris | ||||||
| A.K.A. | Sir Richard Morris Dick Morris Richard Samuel Morris Sir Richard Samuel Morris James Richard Samuel Morris Sir James Richard Samuel Morris | ||||||
| Places | United Kingdom Great Britain England | ||||||
| is | Engineer Industrialist | ||||||
| Work field | Business Engineering | ||||||
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| Birth | London, England, UK | ||||||
| Death | Derby, City of Derby, Derbyshire, United Kingdom | ||||||
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Sir James Richard Samuel Morris CBE (20 November 1925 – 1 July 2008), also known as Dick Morris, was a British engineer and industrialist.
Richard Morris was born in London, the son of a banker. He was a boy chorister at All Souls, Langham Place, and was educated at Ardingly College. He began to train to be a doctor, before changing career and serving in the Welsh Guards, rising to Captain, and served in Palestine (region) as Israel was being created. He received a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Birmingham.
Morris worked for Courtaulds for almost 30 years, and then various other companies.