Английская Википедия:Archie Norman (paediatrician)

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox person 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]

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