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It was only in 1990 that he was awarded the unusual distinction of an Honorary Doctorate of Medicine from Oxford University, the first given to a non-medic in Oxford's 800-year ... After Heatley died in 2004, Oxford University established a Norman Heatley Postdoctoral Award for researchers showing excellent ingenuity and problem-solving ...

In 1978 he received an OBE. In 1990 he was awarded the extremely rare distinction of an Honorary Doctorate in Medicine by the University of Oxford. After his death in 2004 a Norman Heatley Postdoctoral Award was established for researchers demonstrating outstanding ingenuity and problem-solving skills. Sources: The Mould in Dr Florey's Coat ...

Norman George Heatley, Biochemist, 1911-2004 ... came when Oxford University awarded him an honorary doctorate in medicine in 1990, the first given in its 800-year history - and, in Heatley's view ...