Roger Brian Morris (19 March 1933 – 15 June 2001) was a pioneer in

railway engineering Railway engineering is a multi-faceted engineering discipline dealing with the design, construction and operation of all types of rail transport systems. It includes a wide range of engineering disciplines, including(but not limited to) civil engi ...

, having helped develop the rail system for the

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, the hovertrain project as well as a number of the railway systems in Eastern Europe and South America. Morris was born in Liverpool, England. In his later years he became a Fellow of

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. During those years he functioned as an assistant to students attending the College. His obituary in ''

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'' described him as "a Cambridge don of an increasingly rare kind, concerned not just with academic results but the development of rounded personalities. A friendly uncle to waves of students...he taught not only engineering, but how to get the most out of the university, and out of life."

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Morris, Roger 1933 births 2001 deaths British railway civil engineers Fellows of Magdalene College, Cambridge Engineers from Liverpool