Born at Langport on April 11th, 1819, the son of William Norman, a medical man descended from an ancient Somersetshire family - the Normans of Fiveheads. He received a liberal education and his early professional training was with his father. He entered University College as a medical student in 1837, for, though Guy's had been originally chosen for him, he met a student of University College on his way to London, who so effectually dilated on the advantages of his own school that he was persuaded to follow in the footsteps of his friend. During his successful career at University College he numbered among his fellow-students and friends John Eric Erichsen, Henry Thompson, John Marshall, and Spencer Wells. He was appointed House Surgeon to Liston in 1846. He then worked at the eye as a specialty, and was appointed Surgeon to the North London Eye Hospital and to the Marylebone General Dispensary. He practised at 3 Duchess Street, Portland Place, and was President of the Harveian Society in 1850. Hard work told so seriously on his health, that he was compelled to leave London. He settled in practice at Portland Lodge, Southsea, in 1858, in succession to Edward J Scott (qv), and soon gained a leading position in Hampshire. In 1861 he was elected on the surgical staff of the Royal Portsmouth Hospital, and distinguished himself in this post for several years (1861-1866). He was one of the principal founders of the Portsmouth and South Hants Eye and Ear Infirmary, and was Consulting Surgeon to this Institution for a long period. Before leaving London he had also been Consulting Surgeon to the North Pancras Provident Dispensary and St Marylebone Charity Schools. Norman was an able surgeon, and from time to time made many valuable contributions on surgical topics to the medical journals. Throughout his long career he enjoyed the entire confidence of his professional friends, who at Portsmouth, on the occasion of his retirement in 1889, entertained him at a dinner and presented him with a valuable silver service. He was a staunch Liberal and a broad churchman. He keenly supported the British Medical Association, acted on the Provisional Committee in connection with the formation of the Southern Branch in 1874, and was President in 1888. After his retirement he resided at the Manor House, Drayton, Taunton, and died at Chesham, Bucks, on June 11th, 1900. He married twice, and left behind a widow and six children. Two of his sons continued the medical tradition of his family. His photograph is in the Fellows' Album. Publications: "Pathology and Treatment of the Diseases of the Excreting Lachrymal Apparatus." - *Lond Med Gaz*, 1848, ns vii, 25. "Caries of the Hip and Excision of the Head of the Femur." - *Lancet*, 1848, ii, 37. "Vascular Tumours of the Urethra." - *Lond and Edin Monthly Jour Med Sci*, 1848-9, ix, 795. "Analogous Growth of Other Parts." - *Lond Jour Med*, 1852, iv, 146.