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Designer, founder
William Richard Morris, 1rs Viscount Nuffield was a British industrialist and philanthropist whose automobile manufacturing firm introduced the Morris cars. He was the founder of Morris Motors Limited and is remembered as the founder of the Nuffield Foundation and Nuffield College, Oxford.
Who-is-Who in MMS, History of machines, history of mechanical engineering, machine design, designer, automobile, industry.
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Schreibweisen:
Morris, William Richard
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Lebenslauf
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* 10.10.1877
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Worcester, Englnd
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1892
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Aged 15 was apprenticed to a bicycle-seller and repairer
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1901
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He designed the Morris Motor Cycle
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1912
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He designed a car the "Bullnose" Morris
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1928
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He launched l the first Morris Minor
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1938
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He is honoured Viscont Nuffield
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1952
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Morris merged with Austin Motor Company in British Motor Corporation
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† 22.08.1963
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Nuffield, England
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