Richard Hill Norris

[2] Norris studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, developing an early interest in microphotography; mainly taking pictures of frogs' blood.

He was still patenting photographic processes in 1888, By December 1890 having gone into partnership with Harold William Southall of Edgbaston, founding the Birmingham Dry Collodion Plate and Film Company; In concurrence constructing a sizable factory within Yardley, Birmingham which initiated production in 1893.

Norris was also involved in microscopic studies of metals heating and cooling together with George Gore at the Institute of Scientific Research in Birmingham.

His personal interests extended deeply into spiritualism, considering himself an amateur medium - becoming involved in seances and automatic writing.

He did not publish any of his thoughts on spiritualism however corresponded with several parties such as Alfred Russel Wallace, William Crookes, Emma Hardinge and Samuel Guppy.