Background
Norman was born in 1882 in the parish of Street Giles in Cambridge, England.
Norman was born in 1882 in the parish of Street Giles in Cambridge, England.
He and coworkers founded the Pathology and Laboratory Assistants Association now the Institute of Biomedical Science www.ibms.org in United Kingdom. By the age of 14 (1896) Albert Norman was working in the zoological department at Cambridge University where he gained experience in histological procedures and taxidermy and he eventually moved into the newly formed pathology laboratory. When he was about 17 he moved to the Norfolk and Norwich hospital as the sole laboratory worker, where he added the skills of museum specimen preparation, the newly discovered radiography and pharmacy. In the 1901 Albert was 19 year old young boarder in the household of an Anthony Bailey a grocer’s assistant at 44 Grapes Hill Norwich.
Albert’s occupation is shown as a "curator"s assistant".