Norman David Ellis (born 23 November 1943) is a former

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leader. Ellis attended

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in the

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area of London, then the

University of Leeds , mottoeng = And knowledge will be increased , established = 1831 – Leeds School of Medicine1874 – Yorkshire College of Science1884 - Yorkshire College1887 – affiliated to the federal Victoria University1904 – University of Leeds , ...

. He completed a BA and PhD at the

before, in 1969, finding work as a research officer with the

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. Two years later, he moved to Oxford, taking up the Leverhulme Fellowship in Industrial Relations at

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.Ellis, Dr Norman David
, ''

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'' In 1974, Ellis was appointed as the first full-time general secretary of the Association of First Division Civil Servants. During his time as leader of the union, it affiliated to the

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for the first time. He left after four years to become Senior Industrial Relations Officer with the

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(BMA), and in 1980 became the BMA's under secretary. He served in this post for twenty years, writing a number of publications aimed at general practitioners.

Personal life

Norman Ellis has one son and five grandchildren, he is also married to Valerie Ellis since 1966. He resided in

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from 1976 to 2021. In 2021 he moved to an apartment on the island of Södermalm in Stockholm, Sweden. As of currently he owns an apartment in

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Works

* ''The impact of the Redundancy Payment act'' (1970) * ''Management by Agreement'' (1973) * ''Employing Staff'' (1984) * ''Making sense of the Red Book'' (1995) * ''Making Sense of Pensions and Retirement'' (1995) * ''GPs Guide to Professional and Private Work Outside the NHS.'' (1995) * ''BMA General Practitioner Handbook'' (1997) * ''Staff Pensions in General Practice'' (1998) * ''Making Sense of Partnerships'' (2004)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ellis, Norman 1943 births Living people Alumni of the University of Leeds Alumni of the University of Oxford Fellows of Nuffield College, Oxford General Secretaries of the FDA (trade union) People from Southgate, London