Archie Norman (paediatrician)

Archie Norman
MBE, FRCP
Norman in June 2002
Born
Archibald Norman

(1912-07-19)19 July 1912
Oban, Scotland
Died20 December 2016(2016-12-20) (aged 104)
NationalityUnited Kingdom
OccupationPaediatrician
Employers

Archibald Norman, MBE, FRCP (19 July 1912 – 20 December 2016) was a British paediatrician, described in an obituary as "a pioneer in the treatment of respiratory diseases in children".[1]

Archie Norman was born in Oban, Scotland, 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]

He died on 20 December 2016, aged 104.[2][5]

  1. ^ "Dr Archibald Norman, pioneer in respiratory diseases – obituary". The Telegraph. 7 January 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d Norman Jr., Archie (15 January 2017). "Archie Norman obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  3. ^ a b c Lois Reynolds; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2001), Childhood Asthma and Beyond, Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine, History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group, Wikidata Q29581652
  4. ^ "'Remarkable man' and children's doctor turns 100". getsurrey. 19 July 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  5. ^ Dr Archibald Norman, pioneer in respiratory diseases – obituary