Richard Hill Norris

Richard Hill Norris MD (1831-1916) was Professor of Physiology, Queen's College, Birmingham, 1862-1891. He undertook important work on blood, including early microscope work. As a student, he invented the first successful dry photographic plate. He was also interested in psychic research and documented seances and spirit-writing in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. His wife was Emma Susan [ne ?]. He had one son, Richard Hill Norris, b. 1 June, 1886.

Reference: Finding aid to The Norris Papers.

For further reading about the University of Birmingham see: Eric Ives, Diane Drummond, Leonard Schwarz The First Civic University: Birmingham 1880-1980 An Introductory History (The University of University of Birmingham Press. 2000).

From the guide to the University of Birmingham Staff Papers: Papers of Dr Richard Hill Norris, 1865-1911 and nd, (University of Birmingham Information Services, Special Collections Department)