Sir David Harrison (born 3 May 1930) is a chemist and academic. He was

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of the University of Keele from 1979 to 1984,

of the

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from 1984 to 1994,

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, from 1994 to 2000, and pro-vice chancellor of the

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in 1997.

Harrison was educated at Bede School, Sunderland, Clacton County High School and Selwyn College, Cambridge, reading natural sciences (chemistry), before receiving a PhD in physical chemistry. He taught at

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until 1979, becoming a

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of Selwyn and its senior tutor. He was elected a

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of the Royal Academy of Engineering 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.''HARRISON, Sir David'', Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2011 ; online edn, Nov 2011, accessed 26 Oct 2012
/ref> Harrison House and Harrison Way in

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are named after Harrison. The Harrison Building is named after him at Exeter University. The SCR at Selwyn College is named the Harrison Room after him.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Harrison, David 1930 births Living people People educated at Bede Grammar School for Boys Vice-Chancellors of Keele University Vice-Chancellors of the University of Exeter Masters of Selwyn College, Cambridge Fellows of Selwyn College, Cambridge Alumni of Selwyn College, Cambridge Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Knights Bachelor