莫里斯爵士1936年出生于苏格兰，1957年在爱丁堡大学取得数学硕士学位。
James Mirrlees was born in 1936, grew up in Scotland, and went to the University of Edinburgh, where he graduated in mathematics in 1957.
1968年，莫里斯爵士任教于牛津数学经济学系，成为Nuffield学院研究员。
In 1968, he went to a Chair in mathematical economics at Oxford, and became a fellow of Nuffield College.
他和传奇爵士钢琴家herbie Hancock四手联弹了一首作曲家莫里斯·拉威尔的歌曲，然后交换拥抱(表演视频见，以及郎先生的官网)。
He and the legendary jazz pianist Herbie Hancock played a four hands version of a Maurice Ravel song, exchanging hugs afterward (see video of the performance here, and on Mr. Lang's website here).
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