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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

  • 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

    Ancestors
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    1.
    Alec Hibburd 
    Laurie
    (
    Mason
    ,
    Grose
    ) 1907 - 1987
    2.
    Prof. Malcolm 
    Laurie
    (
    Phillips
    ) 1866 - 1932
    4.
    Simon Somerville (Tae) 
    Laurie
    (
    Hibburd
    ,
    Struthers
    ) 1829 - 1909
    5.
    Catherine (Kate) Ann 
    Hibburd
    (
    Laurie
    ) 1827 - 1895
    3.
    Helena Agnes 
    Phillips
    (
    Laurie
    ) 1867 - 1944
    6.
    Rev. John Henry 
    Phillips
    (
    Smith
    ) 1831 - 1912
    7.
    Priscilla 
    Smith
    (
    Phillips
    ) 1832 - 1923

    Siblings


    1.
    Kenneth Somerville 
    Laurie
    (
    Thatcher
    ) 1899 - 1990
    2.
    Prof. Malcolm (Malc) Vyvyan/Vyvien 
    Laurie
    (
    Jackson
    ) 1901 - 1932

    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

    Descendants
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    a.
    Margaret Edith Halbert 
    Mason
    (
    Laurie
    ) 1905 - 1976
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    2.
    M/? 
    Laurie
    1939 - 1939
    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

    Timeline


    16th Apr 1907Born (birth) Edinburgh, Scotland
    c. 1907Baptised (baptism) Edinburgh, Scotland
    Dec 1931Engaged to
    Margaret Edith Halbert 
    Mason
    (
    Laurie
    ) 1905 - 1976 (engagement)
    2nd Apr 1932Married
    Margaret Edith Halbert 
    Mason
    (
    Laurie
    ) 1905 - 1976 (marriage) Harpenden, Herts., England
    11th Mar 1946ADOP/ROLE AFATH Totnes, Devon, England
    12th Mar 1947AACT/ROLE ADMI
    8th Mar 1956Divorced
    Margaret Edith Halbert 
    Mason
    (
    Laurie
    ) 1905 - 1976 (divorce) London, England
    23rd Jun 1956Married
    Dorothy Mary 
    Grose
    (
    Laurie
    ) 1912 - 1999 (marriage) London, England
    Apr 1987Died (death) Cambridge, Cambs., England
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