Alec Hibburd Laurie 1907 - 1987
Alec Hibburd Laurie , Inventor, explorer, awarded Polar Medal invested 10/3/1941. He served with the Discovery investigation in 1930-33. At the time of his marriage, his parents were living at 16 Wordsworth Rd., Harpenden. Laurie Island in the South Atlantic was named for him. Overseas Intelligence Department B B C (1939). Register of King's College, Camb. pub. 1962, shows an entry: ".... B. 16.4.07 Edinburgh.Educ. Sedburgh. Nat. Sci. Cl. III Pt. I 1928 Deg. B.A. 1928, M.A. 1932. 1928 Biology Master, Westminster, 1929 Asst. Scientific Officer, R.R.S. "Discovery". 1937 "Talks" Producer, B.B.C. 1938-45 Naval Intell. (N.I.D.7), later commissioned R.N.V.R.. Lt.-Cmdr., Dir. Miscellaneous Weapons Development, Admiralty. 1952 Founded Pneumatic Breakwaters Ltd.. Since 1958 Dir., Marine Development Ltd., Nassau. Polar Medal 1942. Publ. Whale psychology in Discovery Reports C.U.P. Marr. (1) 1932 Margaret Mason (2) Dorothy Mary Grose Address: 32 Marefield Gdns NW3 Clubs: R.N.V.R., Antarctic. Publ. Life in the sea / Gunnar Thorson ; translated from the Danish [MS.] by Manon C. Meilgaard and Alec Laurie, ISBN 0303746882 v
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Born: The Bloom, Edinburgh, Scotland 16th Apr 1907 | Baptised: Morningside, Edinburgh, Scotland c. 1907
| Died: Cambridge, Cambs., England Apr 1987 | Buried:
| Family: Laurie formerly of Scotland |
Spouses
1. Parish Church, Harpenden, Herts., , England1 2nd Apr 1932 , div. London, England, , 8th Mar 1956 Margaret Edith Halbert Mason
(Laurie ) 1905 - 1976
2. London, , , England 23rd Jun 1956 Dorothy Mary Grose
(Laurie ) 1912 - 1999
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Sources
- Family Archivists: see
Laurie formerly of Scotland - Death cert. ref. Cambridge 04.87, 9, 0678M
- Some of his papers are with Scott Polar Research Institute having been donated by his second wife.
- Life in the sea; translated from the Danish by Manon C. Meilgaard and Alec Laurie. Thorson, Gunnar, 1906-1971. London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1971. 256 p. illus. (some col.). 20 cm.
- The Living Oceans, Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday (1973, c1972)
- [1] Margaret Edith Halbert and Alec Hibburd Mason Marriage Certificate (page 459 )Parish Harpenden, County Hertford Reg Dist St Albans
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Timeline
16th Apr 1907 | Born (birth) Edinburgh, Scotland | c. 1907 | Baptised (baptism) Edinburgh, Scotland | Dec 1931 | Engaged to Margaret Edith Halbert Mason
(Laurie ) 1905 - 1976 (engagement) | 2nd Apr 1932 | Married Margaret Edith Halbert Mason
(Laurie ) 1905 - 1976 (marriage) Harpenden, Herts., England | 11th Mar 1946 | ADOP/ROLE AFATH Totnes, Devon, England | 12th Mar 1947 | AACT/ROLE ADMI | 8th Mar 1956 | Divorced Margaret Edith Halbert Mason
(Laurie ) 1905 - 1976 (divorce) London, England | 23rd Jun 1956 | Married Dorothy Mary Grose
(Laurie ) 1912 - 1999 (marriage) London, England | Apr 1987 | Died (death) Cambridge, Cambs., England |
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