Sir James Richard Samuel Morris (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

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. He began to train to be a doctor, before changing career and serving in the

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, rising to Captain, and served in

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as Israel was being created. He received a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the

University of Birmingham The University of Birmingham (informally Birmingham University) is a Public university, public research university in Birmingham, England. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Queen's College, Birmingham (founded in 1825 as ...

. Morris worked for

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for almost 30 years, and then various other companies. In 1981 he received an Honorary Doctorate from the

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. He was chairman and managing director of

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from 1980 to 1990.

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