Norman William Dobson (5 April 1925 – 2 March 2009)[1] was a British canoe sprinter who competed in the late 1940s. He was eliminated in the heats of the K-1 1000 m event at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. Norman was a conscientious objector during the Second World War, for which he was imprisoned. After the war, Norman dedicated himself to the development of youth outdoor pursuits, and in 1951 became a volunteer instructor at the newly opened White Hall in Derbyshire, Britain's first Local Education Authority Outdoor Centre.[2][3] Norman earned his PhD in 1999 from the University of Leicester.[4]
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- ^ "Norman Dobson". Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- ^ "Norman Dobson". Retrieved 6 September 2022.
- ^ McDonald, Pete (2018). The story of white hall centre: Outdoor education across the decades. Opoho, Dunedin, New Zealand: Pete McDonald. p. 5. ISBN 9780473425272.
- ^ "Norman Dobson". Retrieved 5 August 2021.
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