Eleanor Doorly, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Eleanor Doorly

British children's writer

Date of Birth: 11-Jan-1880

Place of Birth: Port Antonio, Surrey County, Jamaica

Date of Death: 02-May-1950

Profession: writer, children's writer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Victoria Eleanor Louise Doorly (11 January 1880 – 2 May 1950) was a British writer of children's books.
For her biography of Marie Curie, The Radium Woman she won the 1939 Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject.She was born in Richmond Hill, Port Antonio, Jamaica, the daughter of British Army Captain William Anton Doorly and Sarah Louise Brown.
She moved to England upon the premature death of her father in 1887.
She was raised by a great-aunt in Leamington Spa, Rebecca Boughton, and studied in a French lycée for a while.Doorly had an enduring love for France, which was reflected in her literary output.
She wrote three popular biographies of French scientists –Fabre, Pasteur, and Curie.
She also wrote a couple of history books.She was headmistress of the King's High School For Girls in Warwick from 1922 to 1944.[1] [2] She died 2 May 1950 in Dartmouth, Devon, aged 70.