Norman Morris, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Norman Morris

Academic, Obstetrician, Gynecologist

Date of Birth: 26-Feb-1920

Place of Birth: Luton, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 29-Feb-2008

Profession: gynaecologist, obstetrician

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Norman Frederick Morris was a British pioneer of women's health.
He was a professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at Charing Cross Hospital Medical School (1958–1985) and was also a university administrator.
From 1971 to 1980, he was dean of medicine, and then deputy vice-chancellor at the University of London.
However his greatest contribution was to question current standards of prenatal care.
He was critical of the way that midwives and obstetricians treated women, and his work was summarized in a paper in the Lancet in 1960.
This paper was based on interviews with 500 women, included no references and at the time was extremely controversial.
In 2007, the Lancet included this paper in the '200 most important publications in the Lancet'.