1944
BORN
David Norris was born 31 July 1944 in Leopoldville in the Belgian Congo, now known as Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where his father (John Norris) worked as chief engineer for Lever Brothers.
David Norris was born 31 July 1944 in Leopoldville in the Belgian Congo, now known as Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where his father (John Norris) worked as chief engineer for Lever Brothers.
John Norris served in the British Armed Forces during World War I and World War II; he died while Norris was still a child. David Norris was then sent to Ireland to be cared for by his mother, Aida Fitzpatrick.
St Andrew's College is a co-educational, inter-denominational, international Independent day school, founded in 1894 by members of the Presbyterian community, and now located in Booterstown, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. The school colours are blue and white.
Trinity College is a university in Dublin, founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I of England, on the site of an old Augustinian monastery.
Norris obteve o degree of BA in English Literature and Language, where he was elected a Foundation Scholar
Icarus is a scientific dissemination magazine dedicated to the field of planetary science. Its owner and initial editor was Academic Press.
Based in Manchester, David was their only Irish Member. He used the cunning pseudonym of Alfred J O'Neil in early contacts to avoid blackmail.
Norris remained at Trinity as a lecturer and college tutor between 1968 and 1996.
Although set-up to show solidarity with the oppressed Catholics of Northern Ireland, it was the first Irish Organisation to include Homosexual Law Reform on its agenda.
First Interview on Irish Television with an openly gay person.
Full-time Community Centre; part-time Cinema and Disco...
David in his role as Chairman, with authors Anthony Cronin & Anthony Burgess, examining a first edition of Joyce's "Ulysses".
“History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.”
European Court rules that the law criminalising same sex activities was contrary to the European Convention on Human Rights, in particular Article 8 which protects the right to respect for private life. The law was held to infringe on the right of adults to engage in acts of their own choice
David's introduction to Joyce's work. Taking you step by step from the early stories to the mythic dreamworld of Finnegans Wake and Ulysses.
David co-edited this collection of essays from the Joyce symposium with Morris Beja
With illustrator Carl Flint, David explodes the myth of his "difficulty" exploring his life and work in this unique book.