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'''Sir Norman Moore, 1st Baronet''' ] (8 January 1847 – 30 November 1922) was a British doctor and historian of medicine. '''Sir Norman Moore, 1st Baronet''' ] (8 January 1847 – 30 November 1922) was a British doctor and historian of medicine.


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For other people named Norman Moore, see Norman Moore (disambiguation).

Sir Norman Moore, 1st Baronet FRCP (8 January 1847 – 30 November 1922) was a British doctor and historian of medicine.

Moore was born in Higher Broughton, Manchester, in 1847. He studied at Owens College from 1862, and then read natural sciences at St Catharine'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, serving as president between 1918 and 1922 and representing the college on the General Medical Council for 21 years. He was a trustee of the British Museum, contributed to the Dictionary of National Biography, and was created a baronet in 1919.

He died in Hancox, near Battle in East Sussex, in 1922.

His lectureships and honours include:

References

  1. "Moore, Norman (MR865N)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. "No. 31427". The London Gazette. 1 July 1919.
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Hancox) 
1919–1922
Succeeded byAlan Hilary Moore
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