Archie Norman (paediatrician)
Archibald Norman, MBE, FRCP (19 July 1912 – 20 December 2016) was a British paediatrician, described in an obituary as a "a pioneer in the treatment of respiratory diseases in children".[1]
Archie Norman MBE, FRCP | |
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_Archie_Norman.jpg.webp) Norman in June 2002 | |
| Born | Archibald Norman 19 July 1912 |
| Died | 20 December 2016 (aged 104) |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Paediatrician |
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Archie Norman was born in Oban, the son of Mary (née MacCallum), a nurse, and George Norman, a radiologist.[2] he was educated at Charterhouse School, then studied medicine at Cambridge University.[2]
He was appointed as assistant Tuberculosis Officer at Middlesex County Council in 1939, before undertaking war service from 1940 to 1945,[3] during which time he was a prisoner of war and led 150 troops to freedom after their liberation by Russian forces, for which he was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1945.[2]
From 1950 he was a physician at Great Ormond Street Hospital, from where he retired in 1977.[3]
He served as Chairman of the Research Committee of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust from 1978 to 1984.[3]
The Children's Trust's residential rehabilitation centre at Tadworth is named in his honour.[4]
References
- "Dr Archibald Norman, pioneer in respiratory diseases – obituary". The Telegraph. 7 January 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
- Norman Jr., Archie (15 January 2017). "Archie Norman obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
- Lois Reynolds; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2001), Childhood Asthma and Beyond, Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine, History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group, Wikidata Q29581652
- "'Remarkable man' and children's doctor turns 100". getsurrey. 19 July 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
- Dr Archibald Norman, pioneer in respiratory diseases – obituary