View source for Archie Norman (paediatrician)

{{Short description|British paediatrician}}
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| honorific_suffix = [[Member of the Order of the British Empire|MBE]], [[Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians|FRCP]]
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| caption = Norman in June 2002
| birth_name = Archibald Norman
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| birth_place = [[Oban]], [[Scotland]]
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* [[Middlesex County Council]]
* [[Great Ormond Street Hospital]]
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'''Archibald Norman''', [[Member of the Order of the British Empire|MBE]], [[Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians|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".<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite news|title=Dr Archibald Norman, pioneer in respiratory diseases – obituary|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/01/07/dr-archibald-norman-pioneer-respiratory-diseases-obituary/|accessdate=13 June 2017|work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|date=7 January 2017}}</ref>
Archie Norman was born in [[Oban|Oban, Scotland]], the son of Mary (née MacCallum), a nurse, and George Norman, a radiologist.<ref name="NormanJr">{{cite news|last1=Norman Jr.|first1=Archie|title=Archie Norman obituary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/jan/15/archie-norman-obituary|accessdate=13 June 2017|work=The Guardian|date=15 January 2017}}</ref> he was educated at [[Charterhouse School]], then studied medicine at [[Cambridge University]].<ref name="NormanJr" />
He was appointed as assistant Tuberculosis Officer at [[Middlesex County Council]] in 1939, before undertaking war service from 1940 to 1945,<ref name="HoMBRG">{{cite Q|Q29581652}}</ref> 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.<ref name="NormanJr" />
From 1950 he was a physician  at [[Great Ormond Street Hospital]], from where he retired in 1977.<ref name="HoMBRG" />
He served as Chairman of the Research Committee of the [[Cystic Fibrosis Trust]] from 1978 to 1984.<ref name="HoMBRG" />
The [[Children's Trust]]'s residential rehabilitation centre at [[Tadworth]] is named in his honour.<ref>{{cite web|title='Remarkable man' and children's doctor turns 100|url=http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/local-news/remarkable-man-childrens-doctor-turns-4810026|website=getsurrey|accessdate=13 June 2017|date=19 July 2012}}</ref>
He died on 20 December 2016, aged 104.<ref name="NormanJr" /><ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/01/07/dr-archibald-norman-pioneer-respiratory-diseases-obituary/ Dr Archibald Norman, pioneer in respiratory diseases – obituary]</ref>
== References ==
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== External links ==
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[[Category:People from Oban]]
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