Education
Born in Edinburgh, Normand was educated at the Royal High School and studied mathematics, physics and chemistry at Edinburgh University.
Born in Edinburgh, Normand was educated at the Royal High School and studied mathematics, physics and chemistry at Edinburgh University.
In 1913 he was appointed Imperial Meteorologist in India. During the First World War he served as a meteorological officer with the Indian Army in Mesopotamia. On his return to India he conducted research into atmospheric humidity, and became Director-General of Observatories in India in 1927.
He was knighted in 1945.
In 1946 Normand moved to Oxford, where he studied atmospheric ozone.