Norman Weaver (1913–1989) FSIAD, FZS, was an English artist and photographer who illustrated scientific texts, advertisements and postage stamps and drew book covers for action authors such as Alistair MacLean and Desmond Bagley.
A true Cockney, born within the sound of Bow Bells in London, Weaver won a scholarship to the Hammersmith School of Art as a teenager but was unable to complete the course because the grant did not cover his living expenses.
[1] In September 1944 he moved to Versailles and worked for the Operational Analysis Team of G.5 SHAFF (Supreme Headquarters Allied Forces in France).
When the war ended, Weaver returned to UNRRA as a photo-reporter, covering "repatriation from concentration camps, welfare [and] tracing bureaux"[1] and contributing public-relations stories to publications like Life, Time and Ebony.
He also illustrated wildlife stamps issued by the Falkland Islands and Trinidad and Tobago and produced a "British Fish" series for the Royal Mail.