Richard Morris (industrialist)

Sir James Richard Samuel Morris CBE (20 November 1925 – 1 July 2008), also known as Dick Morris, was a British engineer and industrialist.[1][2][3]

Sir Richard Morris
Born
James Richard Samuel Morris

(1925-11-20)20 November 1925
London, England, UK
Died1 July 2008(2008-07-01) (aged 82)
Derby, England, UK
EducationArdingly College
Alma materUniversity of Birmingham
SpouseMarion
Children4

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.[1] He received a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Birmingham.[2]

Morris worked for Courtaulds for almost 30 years, and then various other companies.[2]

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