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| '''Sir Norman Moore''' ] (8 January 1847, ] - 30 November 1922, ], ]) was a British doctor and historian of medicine. | '''Sir Norman Moore''' ] (8 January 1847, ] - 30 November 1922, ], ]) was a British doctor and historian of medicine. | ||
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For the Australian politician, see Norman Frederick Moore.Sir Norman Moore FRCP (8 January 1847, Higher Broughton - 30 November 1922, Whatlington, Battle) was a British doctor and historian of medicine.
He studied at Owens College from 1862, and then read natural sciences at St Catherine's College, Cambridge University, graduating in 1869. After clinical studies at St Bartholomew's Hospital, he qualified as a doctor in 1872. He spent his entire career at St Bartholomew's, holding a variety of medical and administrative posts. One of his greatest works, written in two volumes over a period of 30 years, was History of St Bartholomew's Hospital (1918). The history of the hospital was also the subject of the Rede Lecture he gave in 1914: St Bartholomew's Hospital in peace and war. Moore was an active member of the Royal College of Physicians, and a contributor to the Dictionary of National Biography.
His lectureships and honours include:
- Bradshaw Lecturer (1889)
- Harveian Orator (1901)
- FitzPatrick Lecturer (1905-6)
- Lumleian Lecturer (1909)
- Linacre Lecture (1913)
- Rede Lecture (1914)
- President of the Royal College of Physicians (1918-1922)
- Made baronet (1919)