C.F. Barker Archives

Norman Merrett Hancox

Norman Merrett Hancox was born on 11 November 1912 in Cheshire, England to Charles and Alice Hancox. He had four siblings: \bioref{Charles_Stanley_Hancox}, \bioref{Winifred_Margaret_Hancox}, \bioref{Barbara_May_Hancox}, and \bioref{Philip_Renner_Hancox}.

He married Desiree Constance Griffiths in July/Aug/Sept 1937 in Crosby, Merseyside \cite{NMHancoxMarriage} and they lived at 26 Coram Street, Holborn, London \cite{NMHancoxResidence} before moving to the Wirral, Cheshire. They had three children, a son (John Philip Dale Hancox, 1941 - 2012) and two daughters, Sue and Barbara.

In 1939 he was listed in the United Kingdom Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve as a Doctor/Surgeon \cite{NMHancoxWar}. After the war, he became the Professor of Histology and Cell Biology at Liverpool University and wrote a textbook called "Biology of Bone", published by Cambridge University Press, (6 editions published in 1972 in English and held by 426 libraries worldwide)\cite{NMHancoxBook}.

He died on 12 December 1990 in the Wirral, Cheshire, England.[1]

References

  1. The London Gazette 11 October 1990.