Francis Arthur Harrison was born in about 1895 and was educated at Alderman Newton's School, Leicester, St. Paul's School, Cheltenham and Battersea Polytechnic, London. He served in Malta and France during the First World War and rose to the rank of sergeant before returning home with a hand injury. He was awarded a scholarship which enabled him to attend University College Nottingham (now The University of Nottingham) from 1919-1922. He sat the intermediate science course before progressing to a Physics degree. While at Nottingham he was a keen soccer player and violinist. After college, he was appointed as a Physics master at Bablake School, Coventry where he taught for 38 years until his retirement in 1960. He lived for many years at Knightcote, Warwickshire.
From the guide to the Papers of Francis Harrison (fl 1895-1988), student of Physics at University College Nottingham and school teacher, 1900-1925, 1919-1946, (The University of Nottingham)
