Norman Duggan studied at Manchester University, University College Hospital, London and St Bartholomew's Hospital. He was honorary surgeon and surgeon to the orthopaedic department of Worcester Royal Infirmary and also orthopaedic surgeon to the City of Worcester Sanatorium and consulting surgeon to the Pershore Cottage Hospital. He was a member of the Birmingham Regional Hospital Board and medical referee to the Birmingham and North Worcestershire County Courts. He was an associate member of the British Orthopaedic Association. Earlier in his career he had been senior house surgeon at the Manchester Royal Infirmary and resident medical officer at the Victoria Children's Hospital in Chelsea. He was a Major in the RAMC during the first world war. He died on 10 March 1979. His daughter, Mary, who died in 1972, captained the England women's cricket team from 1959 to 1963.