William Norford

William Norford (1715–1793) was an English medical practitioner and writer.

William Norford

Life

Norford was apprenticed to John Amyas, a surgeon in Norwich, and then began practice at Halesworth in Suffolk, as a surgeon and man-midwife. He married the daughter of a surgeon, and after some years moved to Bury St Edmunds. He became an extra-licentiate of the College of Physicians of London on 26 November 1761, and began to practise as a physician: on the strength of his licence he styled himself Doctor.[1]

Norford died in 1793.[1]

Works

Norford began to write inspired by the example of Dale Ingram, and some remarks of John Freke. His works were:

Notes

  1. 1 2  Lee, Sidney, ed. (1895). "Norford, William". Dictionary of National Biography 41. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1895). "Norford, William". Dictionary of National Biography 41. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 

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