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'''Sir David Harrison''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE|FREng}}<ref>{{cite web|title=List of Fellows|url=http://www.raeng.org.uk/about-us/people-council-committees/the-fellowship/list-of-fellows}}</ref> (born 3 May 1930) is a chemist and academic. He was [[Vice Chancellor]] of the [[Keele University|University of Keele]] from 1979 to 1984, [[Vice-Chancellors of the University of Exeter|Vice Chancellor]] of the [[University of Exeter]] from 1984 to 1994, [[Master (college)|Master]] of [[Selwyn College, Cambridge]] from 1994 to 2000, and [[Pro-Vice Chancellor]] of the [[University of Cambridge]] in 1997.<ref>[http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/h/5171/David+HARRISON.aspx Debretts biography, accessed 26 October 2012]</ref> |
'''Sir David Harrison''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE|FREng}}<ref>{{cite web|title=List of Fellows|url=http://www.raeng.org.uk/about-us/people-council-committees/the-fellowship/list-of-fellows}}</ref> (born 3 May 1930) is a chemist and academic. He was [[Vice Chancellor]] of the [[Keele University|University of Keele]] from 1979 to 1984, [[Vice-Chancellors of the University of Exeter|Vice Chancellor]] of the [[University of Exeter]] from 1984 to 1994, [[Master (college)|Master]] of [[Selwyn College, Cambridge]] from 1994 to 2000, and [[Pro-Vice Chancellor]] of the [[University of Cambridge]] in 1997.<ref>[http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/h/5171/David+HARRISON.aspx Debretts biography, accessed 26 October 2012]</ref> While vice-chancellor of Exeter univeristy, Harrison defamed members of staff to obtain their resignations. |
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Sir David Harrison CBE FREng[1] (born 3 May 1930) is a chemist and academic. He was Vice Chancellor of the University of Keele from 1979 to 1984, Vice Chancellor of the University of Exeter from 1984 to 1994, MasterofSelwyn College, Cambridge from 1994 to 2000, and Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of Cambridge in 1997.[2] While vice-chancellor of Exeter univeristy, Harrison defamed members of staff to obtain their resignations.
Harrison was educated at Bede School, Sunderland, Clacton County High School and Selwyn College, Cambridge, reading Natural Sciences (Chemistry),[3] before receiving a PhD in Physical Chemistry. He taught at Cambridge University until 1979 becoming a Fellow of Selwyn and its Senior Tutor.
He was elected a Fellow[4] of the Royal Academy of Engineering[5] in 1987.
Outside academia, he was Chairman of the Government's Advisory Committee on the safety of nuclear installations.
Harrison was knighted in 1997. In 1962 he married Sheila Rachel Debes and they had a son and daughter and one son deceased.[6]
Harrison House in Homerton College, University of Cambridge is named after Harrison.
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