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	William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield at AllExperts
		William Richard Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield GBE CH (10 October 1877–22 August 1963) was the founder of the Morris Motor Company and a philanthropist.
		Morris was born in Worcester, England in 1877.
		Morris was married to Elizabeth Anstey on 9 April 1904 â" there were no children, and as a result he dispersed a large part of his fortune to charitable causes.
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		William Morris (March 24, 1834 - October 3, 1896) was one of the principal founders of the British Arts and Crafts Movement and is best known as a designer of wallpaper and patterned fabrics, a writer of poetry and fiction, and an early founder of the socialist movement in Britain.
		Morris and Rossetti rented a country house, Kelmscott Manor near Lechlade, Gloucestershire, as a summer retreat, but it soon became a retreat for Rossetti and Jane Morris to have a long-lasting affair.
		William Morris died in 1896 and was interred in the churchyard at Kelmscott village in Oxfordshire.
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	ipedia.com: William Morris Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		William Morris (March 24, 1834 - October 3, 1896) was one of the principal founders of the British Arts and Crafts Movement and is best known as a designer of wallpaper and patterned fabrics, a writer of poetry and fiction, and an early founder of the socialist movement in Britain.
		Morris and Rossetti rented a country house, Kelmscott Manor near Lechlade, Gloucestershire, as a summer retreat, but it soon became a retreat for Rossetti and Jane Morris to have a long-lasting affair.
		William Morris died in 1896 and was interred in the churchyard at Kelmscott village in Oxfordshire.
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	Nuffield William Richard Morris 1st Viscount - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Nuffield, William Richard Morris, 1st Viscount (1877-1963), car manufacturer and philanthropist, born at Worcester, the son of a draper’s...
		Slim, William Joseph, 1st Viscount (1891-1970), English soldier, born in Bristol.
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	Morris William: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		In these works Morris contrasts the ugliness of the machine world with the poetry and beauty of the Middle Ages, setting forth the doctrine that art is the expression of joy in labor rather than an exclusive luxury.
		William Morris was a man of extaraordinary creative...1834 into a wealthy commercial family, William Morris had the opportunity and the means to...
		NUFFIELD, WILLIAM RICHARD MORRIS, 1ST VISCOUNT nuf eld, 1877 1963...motorcycles and, in 1912, of automobiles.
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	William Richard Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Nuffield, William Richard Morris, 1st Viscount, 1877-1963, English automobile manufacturer and philanthropist.
		The Morris cars quickly became one of the biggest mass-production industries in Great Britain, and Morris became known as the "British Ford." During World War II, Morris, who was created Viscount Nuffield in 1938, engaged in the manufacture of aircraft.
		At the time of his death his philanthropic bequests amounted to over £30 million, the largest part of which was directed to research in medicine and social services, notably at Oxford, where Nuffield College is named in his honor.
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	Astor William Waldorf 1st Viscount Astor of Hever Castle - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
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		Astor, William Waldorf, 1st Viscount Astor of Hever Castle (1848-1919), American-born British financier and journalist, great-grandson of John...
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		Its most famous incarnation was as Morris and his daughter May were amongst Britain's first socialists, working directly with Eleanor Marx and Engels to begin the socialist movement in Britain.
		Morris left Oxford to join an architecture firm, but soon found himself drawn more and more to the Imperial Palace, professional martial arts exhibitions, classic gardens and temples, contemporary sculpture gardens, antique markets, museums of all sizes, and a sake-tasting room, to name but a few.
		To escape the discomfort, Morris often travelled to Iceland, where he became influenced by John Ruskin and met his wife, Jane Burden, a working-class woman whose pale skin and coppery hair were considered by Morris and Company.
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	William Morris
		Morris and his daughter May were amongst Britain's first socialists, working directly with Eleanor Marx and Engels to begin the socialist movement.
		Tolkien was inspired by Morris's reconstructions of early Germanic life in 'The House of the Wolfings' and 'The Roots of the Mountains'.
		He designed clear typefaces, such as his roman 'golden' type, which was inspired by that of the early Venetian printer Nicolaus Jenson, and medievalizing decorative borders for books that drew their inspiration from the incunabula of the 15th century and their woodcut illustrations.
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	Wolseley Motor Company - Wikicars
		Wolseley was purchased by William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield for £730,000 in 1926.
		It became part of the Nuffield Organisation along with Morris and Riley/Autovia in 1938.
		Later, Wolseleys shared with MG and Riley common bodies and chassis, namely the 4/44 and 6/90, which were closely related to the MG Magnette ZA/ZB and the Riley Pathfinder respectively.
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	Nuffield College, Oxford - Gnorx.com, the free encyclopedia
		It is an all-graduate college and primarily a research establishment, specialising in the social sciences, particularly economics, politics and sociology.
		It is one of the most wealthy colleges with an estimated financial endowment of £107m (2003).
		Nuffield College was founded in 1937, on a site on the western side of the city centre, donated by
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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield
		In 1927, in competition against amongst others Herbert Austin, Morris purchased the bankrupt Woleseley Motor Company and the company passed into his personal control.
		Wolseley were at this stage in fairly advanced development of an overhead camshaft 8hp car, which Morris launched as the first Morris Minor in 1928 (this was also the basis of the original MG Midget, launched in 1929).
		In 1938, Nuffield purchased the bankrupt Riley (Coventry) and Autovia companies from the Riley family and quickly sold them to his own Morris Motor Company, with the addition of Wolseley later that year, the combined enterprise became known as the Nuffield Organisation.
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	William Morris sculptors and architects information
		Morris and his daughter May were amongst Britain's first socialists, working directly with Eleanor MarxEleanor Marx and Friedrich EngelsEngels to begin the socialist movement.
		William Morris died in 1896 and was interred in the churchyard at Kelmscott, EnglandKelmscott village in Oxfordshire.
		He designed clear typefaces, such as his roman 'golden' type, which was inspired by that of the early VeniceVenetian printer Nicolaus Jenson, and medievalizing decorative borders for books that drew their inspiration from the incunabula of the 15th century and their woodcut illustrations.
	www.artbrain.co.uk /sculptors-architects/william-morris.htm (767 words)

	Viscount Nuffield 2006 Prestige Lecture \| January Engineering Event - The IET
		The Viscount Nuffield Lecture was established in honour of the life of William Richard Morris (1877-1963), 1st Viscount Nuffield.
		The Morris cars, being a design that could be produced economically, quickly became one of the biggest mass-production industries in the UK.
		He was created Viscount Nuffield in 1938 for his services to industry and his generosity to worthy causes, and his lifetime bequests of over Â£30 million have led to many commemorations, most notably Nuffield College, Oxford.
	www.iee.org /events/viscountnuffield06.cfm (546 words)

	Nuffield (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Morris founded the Nuffield Foundation in 1943 with an endowment of 10...
		Established by the Nuffield Foundation in 1991, the Council is an...
		Nuffield Hospitals is the largest network of charitable, independent hospitals in the UK, with hospitals nationwide offering a wide range of services and...
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	William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wolseley were at this stage in fairly advanced development of an overhead camshaft 8hp car, which Morris launched as the first Morris Minor in 1928 (this was also the basis of the original MG Midget, launched in 1929).
		In 1938, Nuffield purchased the bankrupt Riley (Coventry) and Autovia companies from the Riley family and quickly sold them to his own Morris Motor Company, with the addition of Wolseley later that year, the combined enterprise became known as the Nuffield Organisation.
		Viscounts in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
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		Wolseley was purchased by William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield for £730,000 in 1926.
		It became part of the Nuffield Organisation along with Morris and Riley/Autovia in 1938.
		The first post-war Wolseleys, the similar 4/50 and 6/80, were based on the Morris Oxford MO. Later, Wolseleys mainly shared with Riley, namely the 4/44 and 6/90.
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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Nuffield Organisation
		The Nuffield Organisation was an automobile manufacturing company in the United Kingdom.
		Named after its founder, William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, it was formed in 1938 as the merger of Nuffield's Morris Motor Company (already having acquired Wolseley Motors in 1927), another of Nuffield's companies the MG Car Company and Riley.
		The Nuffield Organisation merged with the Austin Motor Company to form the British Motor Corporation in 1952.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Nuffield_Organisation (285 words)

	William Morris (disambiguation) at AllExperts
		William Morris (1834–1896) was a British writer, designer and socialist.
		William Morris* (Medal of Honor), American Civil War soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
		William Morris* (glass artist) (born 1957), American glass artist
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	William Richard Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield Biography - Biography.com
		He started in the bicycle repair business, and was the first British manufacturer to develop the mass production of cheap cars (Morris).
		He was made a baronet in 1929 and a viscount in 1934.
		In 1937 he endowed Nuffield College, Oxford, and in 1943 established the Nuffield Foundation for medical, scientific, and social research.
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	Nuffield Organisation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Nuffield Organisation was an automobile manufacturing company in the United Kingdom.
		Named after its founder, William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, it was formed in 1938 as the merger of Nuffield's Morris Motor Company (already having acquired Wolseley Motors in 1927), another of Nuffield's companies the MG Car Company and Riley.
		The Nuffield Organisation merged with the Austin Motor Company to form the British Motor Corporation in 1952.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nuffield_Organisation (287 words)

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		By the early 20th century, Oxford was experiencing rapid industrial and population growth, with the printing and publishing industries becoming well established by the 1920s.
		Also during that decade, the economy and society of Oxford underwent a huge transformation as William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield established the Morris Motor Company to mass produce cars in Cowley, Oxford, on the south-eastern edge of the city.
		Cowley suffered major job losses in the 1980s and 1990s during the decline of British Leyland, but is now producing the successful New MINI fortress BMW.
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		Nuffield, William Richard Morris, 1st Viscount[nuf´Eld] Pronunciation Key, 1877–1963, English automobile manufacturer and philanthropist.
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	Amazon.fr : Wheels to Fortune: Livres en anglais: James Leasor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		William Richard Morris, later Viscount Nuffield, set up business as a cycle agent and manufacturer in Oxford, in 1893, at the age of sixteen.
		This is an account of his life and of his vision: 'the £100 car', a car the public could afford to buy.
		In World War II he was commissioned into the Royal Berkshire Regiment and posted to the 1st Lincolns in Burma and India, where he served for three and a half years.
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		By the early 20th century Oxford was experiencing rapid industrial and population growth, with the printing and publishing industries becoming well established by the 1920s.
		Also during that decade the economy and society of Oxford underwent a huge transformation as William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield established the Morris Motor Company to mass produce cars in Cowley, Oxford, on the south-eastern edge of the city.
		This led to the witticism that "Oxford is the left bank of Cowley".
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