biography
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Nuffield, William Richard Morris, 1st Viscount
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| lived:
| (1877–1963)
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| biography:
| Motor magnate and philanthropist, born in Worcester, Hereford and Worcester, WC England, UK. 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. He used part of his vast fortune to benefit hospitals, charities, and Oxford University. In 1937 he endowed Nuffield College, Oxford, and in 1943 established the Nuffield Foundation for medical, scientific, and social research. |
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