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Authorised form of nameAshton; Norman Henry (1913 - 2000)
Dates1913 - 2000
NationalityBritish
Place of birthWest Kensington, London, England
Date of birth11/09/1913
Date of death04/01/2000
OccupationPathologist
Research fieldEye pathology
Ophthalmology
ActivityEducation:
King's College London; Westminster Hospital Medical School
Career:
Assistant Pathologist, Princess Beatrice Hospital (1939-1941); Director of Pathology, Kent and Canterbury Hospital and Blood Transfusion Officer of East Kent (1941-1945); Pathologist, Gordon Hospital (1947-1948); Director, Department of Pathology, Institute of Ophthalmology, London University (1948-1978); Consultant Pathologist, Moorfields Eye Hospital (1948-1978); Reader in Pathology, London University (1953-1957); Professor of Pathology (Emeritus) (1957-1978); Chairman, Fight for Sight (1980-1981)
Honours:
CBE 1976
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election18/03/1971
Age at election57
RSActivityMedals and prizes:
Buchanan Medal 1996
SourceSources:
Death date from The Times, 08 January 2000; career details from obituary in The Independent, 13 January 2000
Notes:
Master of the Society of Apothecaries
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2005 vol 51 pp 1-13, plate, by Philip J Luthert and Cynthia Medford Langley
CodeNA4582
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1971/01Ashton, Norman Henry: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/004786Ashton, Norman Henrynd
IM/GA/GGRS/8514Ashton, Norman Henrynd
IM/004785Ashton, Norman Henry1981
MS/884Life of Norman Ashton; a chronicle1913-1995
IM/GA/AR/7253Ashton, Norman Henrynd
IM/000140Ashton, Norman Henry1993/4
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