Maurice Shock

Sir Maurice Shock (15 April 1926 – 7 July 2018) was a British university administrator and educationalist.

Shock was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham and later read philosophy, politics and economics (PPE) at Balliol College, Oxford, where he obtained a first-class degree.

He was one of the team of assistants to Sir Winston Churchill in the writing of his histories.

[2] His academic publications include The Liberal Tradition: From Fox to Keynes (co-edited with Alan Bullock, 1967)[3] and related works.

[5] The Maurice Shock Building for Medical Sciences at the University of Leicester is named after him.