Norman Chevers
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Norman Chevers (1818–1886) was an English physician and surgeon of the Bengal Medical Service. He is known for research on constrictive pericarditis.[1]
He was born at Greenhithe in Kent, the son of the naval surgeon Forbes Macbean Chevers and his wife Anne Talman. He was educated at Haslar, Guy's Hospital, and Glasgow University, where he graduated M.D. in 1839, aged 21.[2][3]
After graduation Chevers worked for nine years at Guy's Hospital, researching in physiology, while in private practice in Upper Stamford Street, south London. He joined the Bengal Medical Service in 1848.[2]
Chevers became Principal of Calcutta Medical College in 1862. He retired from medical work in India in 1876, with the rank Deputy Surgeon General. He returned to England, and became involved in the Epidemiological Society, acting as its President.[2][4]
