Norman Hugh Moore McKinney

Although born in Belfast, Norman Hugh Moore McKinney (“Hugh”) was to spend most of his life as a general practitioner in Morecambe. He was following in the footsteps of his father, William, who had graduated in medicine at Queen’s University Belfast before settling in Morecambe and setting up in practice there. Hugh’s mother, Edna, was a nurse, so it’s not surprising that he chose medicine as his career.

Hugh was educated at Lancaster Royal Grammar School, a school with which he was to retain a lifelong association. In 1951 he came up to Pembroke, one of the four medical students at that time. His tutor was Percy O’Brien, a man who inspired enormous allegiance among his students, through his taking such a personal interest in their life …