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| Born | Charles Richard Morris 1898 (1898) England |
| Died | 1990 (aged 91–92) |
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Charles Richard Morris, Baron Morris of Grasmere,KCMG (25 January 1898 – 30 May 1990) was an academic philosopher andVice-Chancellor of theUniversity of Leeds.
Morris was born inSutton Valence,Kent. He was educated atTonbridge School and atTrinity College, Oxford from which he received aBA, later converted toMA.
From 1921 to 1943 Morris was a fellow and tutor in philosophy atBalliol College, Oxford. However, from 1939 during theSecond World War he worked as a civil servant. He was appointedheadmaster ofKing Edward's School, Birmingham, in 1941, taking up the post in 1943.
Morris was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leeds from 1948 to 1963.[1] In 1966 the University opened theCharles Morris Hall of Residence named after him.[2] In 1955 he openedNetherhall School, Maryport, inMaryport, Cumbria.
Morris served as the chairman of both the Council for Training in Social Work and the Council for the Training of Health Visitors.[3]
Morris was made aKnight Bachelor in 1953 and aKnight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in 1963. In 1967 he became alife peer as "Baron Morris of Grasmere, ofGrasmere in the County ofWestmorland".[4]
Morris received the followinghonorary degrees:[5]
Morris married Mary, daughter ofErnest de Sélincourt. They had a son and a daughter and wrote a book together,A History of Political Ideas.[1]
Lord Morris died at Grasmere in 1990 at the age of 92.[1]
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