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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.

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  • 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. (en)
  • Eleanor Doorly, född 1880, död 1950, var en brittisk författare av barnböcker. Doorly föddes på Jamaica men flyttade till England då hennes far dog. Hon uppfostrades av en gammelfaster i Royal Leamington Spa och studerade under en period vid ett franskt lycée. Doorly hade en förkärlek för Frankrike vilket även reflekterades i hennes bokutgivning. Hon skrev tre populära biografier om berömda franska vetenskapare; Fabre, Pasteur och Curie. Den sistnämnda av dessa böcker, med titeln The Radium Woman, (1939) - vann Carnegie Medal. Hon gav även ut ett antal historieböcker. (sv)
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  • 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. (en)
  • Eleanor Doorly, född 1880, död 1950, var en brittisk författare av barnböcker. Doorly föddes på Jamaica men flyttade till England då hennes far dog. Hon uppfostrades av en gammelfaster i Royal Leamington Spa och studerade under en period vid ett franskt lycée. Doorly hade en förkärlek för Frankrike vilket även reflekterades i hennes bokutgivning. Hon skrev tre populära biografier om berömda franska vetenskapare; Fabre, Pasteur och Curie. Den sistnämnda av dessa böcker, med titeln The Radium Woman, (1939) - vann Carnegie Medal. Hon gav även ut ett antal historieböcker. Hon var rektor för i Warwick. (sv)
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