Norman Kershaw Cox
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Norman Kershaw Cox (1 December 1869 – 28 December 1949) was a New Zealand dentist and dental health reformer.
Cox was born in Preston, Lancashire, England on 1 December 1869.[1] His family moved to New Zealand in 1880, where his father continued to practise as a dentist.[2] Cox graduated at the University of Auckland before going to the US to study at the University of Michigan where he gained degrees in dentistry and medicine.[2] His sister Jessie was the first woman to qualify as a dentist in New Zealand.[1]
On his return from the US, Cox settled in Timaru, where he practised dentistry for 45 years.[3] On 9 October 1899 he married Florence Mabel Moss in Greymouth. In 1913 he became president of the New Zealand Dental Association, and advocated the establishment of a state-funded dental service. He always argued that the state should provide quality dental treatment at a cost that could be afforded by all. Some of his ideas were later adopted.[1]
Cox was actively involved in sport and community life. He played cricket and rugby for South Canterbury and was later involved in the administration of both sports in the region.[2] He was also an enthusiastic mountaineer.[1]
Florence Cox died in 1934, and Cox married Kathleen Ruth Knox-Elliott in Dunedin on 6 January 1936. They spent their later years in Christchurch, where he died in December 1949, aged 80.[1][3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e Brooking, Tom. "Norman Kershaw Cox". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ a b c Rex Bowden, Green Fields of Yesteryears, R. Bowden, Timaru, 1993, p. 29.
- ^ a b "Dr. N. K. Cox". Press: 6. 29 December 1949.