Charles Morris, Baron Morris of Grasmere
Charles Richard Morris, Baron Morris of Grasmere, 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. In 1966 the University opened the Charles Morris Hall of Residence named after him. 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.
Honours
Morris was made a Knight Bachelor in 1953 and a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1963. In 1967 he became a life peer as "Baron Morris of Grasmere, of Grasmere in the County of Westmorland".Morris received the following honorary degrees:
- DTech, University of Bradford
- DLitt, Lancaster University
- LLD, University of Aberdeen
- LLD, University of Manchester
- DLitt, University of Sydney
- LLD, University of Hull
- LLD, University of Malta
- LLD, University of Leeds