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Asset Name:
E005059 - Horner, Norman Gerald (1882 - 1954)
Title:
Horner, Norman Gerald (1882 - 1954)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E005059
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2014-03-03
Description:
Obituary for Horner, Norman Gerald (1882 - 1954), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Horner, Norman Gerald
Date of Birth:
1 January 1882
Date of Death:
7 March 1954
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS 8 February 1906

FRCS by election 9 April 1942

LRCP 1906

MB BCh Cantab 1910

MD 1922

FRCP 1939
Details:
Born on 1 January 1882 son of Dr A C Horner, he was educated at Tonbridge School, Caius College, Cambridge and St Bartholomew's Hospital. His father had been surgeon and naturalist to two Arctic expeditions before settling down to general practice in Tonbridge, where he was medical officer to Tonbridge School. While at St Bartholomew's Horner was editor of the students' *Journal*, and in 1911 became assistant editor of *The Lancet* until 1915. During the war of 1914-18 he served as a Captain in the RAMC, and afterwards joined the staff of the *British Medical Journal* under Sir Dawson Williams, whom he succeeded in 1928. In May 1941 enemy action destroyed the printing offices of the *BMJ*, which increased the problems of its editor. Latterly his life was overshadowed by ill health and he retired in 1946. He married Grace, daughter of W M Fearon, by whom he had one son; she died in 1950. He died on 7 March 1954.
Sources:
*The Times* 9 March 1954 p 8 E and 13 March p 8 C

*Brit med J* 1954, 1, 648-651 with portrait and appreciations

*Lancet* 1954, 1, 577

*St Bart's Hosp J* 1954, 58, 121 with portrait, and p 182
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
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Asset Path:
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E005000-E005999/E005000-E005099
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