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 at 47 Comer Gardens, a terraced house in Hallow, less than a mile to the north-west of Worcester, England in 1877. When he was 3 years old his family moved to 16, James Street, Oxford. Upon leaving school at the age of fifteen Morris was apprenticed to a local bicycle seller and repairer. Nine months later, aged 16, he set up a business repairing bicycles from the family home. The business being a success he opened a shop at 48, High Street and began manufacturing as well as repairing bicycles. In 1901, he began to work with motorcycles, designing the Morris Motor Cycle, and in 1902 acquired a garage in Longwall Street from which he sold, repaired and hired cars.
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