William Richard Morris, First Viscount Nuffield, 1877-1963
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عنوان ژورنال: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society
سال: 1966
ISSN: 0080-4606,1748-8494
DOI: 10.1098/rsbm.1966.0018