Dorothy Mary Grose 1912 - 1999
Dorothy Mary Grose , Dorothy Grose said (12 May 1996) her family were Huguenots who had settled in East Anglia. She spent the last few years of her life at Hope Residential Home Brooklands Ave Cambridge CB2 2BQ Friends of the Scott Polar Research Institute: 1999 'Polar Bytes' no. 13 Membership Matters, by Jennifer Dale I heard the sad news today that Life Member, Mrs Dorothy Laurie died on 28 September. She was the wife of Alec Laurie who served with the Discovery investigation in 1930-33. Dorothy subsequently assisted as a volunteer in invigilating the Institute's museum for some years and was also responsible for passing many of her husband's papers to the Institute's archives. Her funeral was held on 7 October in Cambridge. Obituary: Friends of the Scott Polar Research Institute: Dorothy Laurie 2000 'Polar Bytes' no. 15 Mrs Laurie was the widow of Alec Hibbard Laurie, the biologist, chemist and photographer who accompanied the Discovery investigations from 1925 onwards. Much of his work was at the marine station on South Georgia. He was a well-known supporter of the Institute until his death in 1987. Dorothy developed a strong interest in matters Antarctic and the Institute in particular. She helped with the Friends and was a regular volunteer and assisted with invigilation of the museum on a regular weekly basis for several years. As well as being observant and selling postcards with other items from the shop during the day (when it was aboard a trolley), she became adept at answering the many questions posed by children. These duties were, as several Friends remember, very variable as nobody could anticipate whether an afternoon would be relaxing or entirely the opposite with a hectic visitors' session. Although, in later years, she was able to help less actively she continued her remembrance and consideration of the Institute by leaving a generous benefaction.
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| Born: London, , , England 29th May 1912 | Baptised:
| | Died: Cambridge, Cambs., England 28th Sep 1999 | Buried: Cambridge, Cambs., England 7th Oct 1999
| | Family: Grose of Cambridge, England |
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