Charles Morris, Baron Morris of Grasmere

For other people named Charles Morris, see Charles Morris (disambiguation).

Charles Richard Morris, Baron Morris of Grasmere, KCMG (25 January 1898 – 30 May 1990) was an academic philosopher and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leeds.

Early life and education

Morris was born in Sutton Valence, Kent. He was educated at Tonbridge School and at Trinity College, Oxford from which he received a BA, later converted to MA.

Career

From 1921 to 1943 Morris was a fellow and tutor in philosophy at Balliol College, Oxford. However, from 1939 during the Second World War he worked as a civil servant. He was appointed headmaster of King 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 the Charles Morris Hall of Residence named after him.[2] In 1955 he opened Netherhall School, Maryport, in Maryport, 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]

Honours

Morris was made a Knight Bachelor in 1953 and a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in 1963. In 1967 he became a life peer as "Baron Morris of Grasmere, of Grasmere in the County of Westmorland".[4]

Morris received the following honorary degrees:[5]

Marriage and children

Morris married Mary, daughter of Ernest de Sélincourt. They had a son and a daughter and wrote a book together, A History of Political Ideas.[1]

Death

Lord Morris died at Grasmere in 1990 at the age of 92.[1]

Partial Bibliography

  • A History of Political Ideals (1924)
  • Locke, Berkeley, Hume (1931)
  • British Democracy (1939)
  • Idealistic Logic : a study of its aim, method and achievement (1970)
  • The Expanding University, a report (1962)
  • The Idea of Adult Education (1963)
  • The University in the American Future (1965); contributor
  • A Time of Passion : America 1960-1980 (1984)

References

  1. ^ a b c Oxford Dictionary of National Biography accessed 25 July 2009
  2. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1967). Yorkshire : The West Riding (2 ed.). London: Penguin. p. 639. ISBN 0140710175.
  3. ^ Hansard, House of Lords, Vol. 310, Col. 735, 11 May 1970.
  4. ^ London Gazette 17 January 1967
  5. ^ Townend, Peter. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 105th edition. London, U.K.: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1970.
  6. ^ Lancaster University, list of honorary graduates
  7. ^ University of Malta, list of honorary graduates
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Preceded by Vice-Chancellor, University of Leeds
1948–1963 		Succeeded by


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