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{{Short description|British children's writer (1880–1950)}}
'''Eleanor Doorly''' (died 1950) was an award-winning [[United Kingdom|British]] writer of [[children's books]]. She was born in [[Jamaica]], but moved to [[England]] upon the premature death of her father. She was raised by a great-aunt in [[Leamington Spa]], and studied in a French [[lycée]] for a while.
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'''Victoria Eleanor Louise Doorly''' (11 January 1880 &ndash; 2 May 1950) was a [[British people|British]] writer of [[children's books]]. For her biography of Marie Curie, ''[[The Radium Woman]]'' she won the 1939 [[Carnegie Medal (literary award)|Carnegie Medal]] from the [[CILIP|Library Association]], recognising the year's best children's book by a [[British subject]].<ref name=medal1939/>


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.<ref name="times">{{cite news |title=Miss Eleanor Doorly |work=[[The Times]] |page=8 |date=24 May 1950 }}</ref>
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Doorly had an enduring love for [[France]], which was reflected in her literary output. She wrote three popular biographies of famous French [[scientists]] - [[Jean Henri Fabre|Fabre]], [[Pasteur]], and [[Marie Curie|Curie]]. The last of these books, entitled ''The Radium Woman'' (1939) - won the [[Carnegie Medal]]. She also published a couple of history books.


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Doorly had an enduring love for [[France]], which was reflected in her literary output. She wrote three popular biographies of French [[scientists]] –[[Jean Henri Fabre|Fabre]], [[Louis Pasteur|Pasteur]], and [[Marie Curie|Curie]]. She also wrote a couple of history books.<ref name="times"/>
She was headmistress of the [[King's High School for Girls]] in [[Warwick]].

She was headmistress of [[the King's High School For Girls]] in [[Warwick]] from 1922 to 1944.[https://web.archive.org/web/20041109020152/http://www.khsw.warwks.sch.uk/history/uniform.htm] [http://www.kingshighwarwick.co.uk/uploads/1/High_Times_Autumn_2009_1.pdf]{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} She died 2 May 1950 in [[Dartmouth, Devon]], aged 70.<ref>{{cite news |title=Deaths |work=[[The Times]] |page=1 |date=4 May 1950 }}</ref>


==Selected works==
==Selected works==
* ''England in Her Days of Peace'' (1920)
* ''England in Her Days of Peace'' (1920)
* ''The Insect Man'' (1936), a life of [[Jean Henri Fabre|Fabre]]
* ''The Insect Man'' (1936), a life of [[Jean Henri Fabre]]
* ''The Microbe Man'' (1938), on [[Louis Pasteur]]
* ''The Microbe Man'' (1938), on [[Louis Pasteur]]
* ''The Radium Woman'' (1939), on [[Marie Curie]]
* ''[[The Radium Woman]]'' (1939), on [[Marie Curie]]
* ''The Story of France'' (1944)
* ''The Story of France'' (1944)
* ''Ragamuffin King'' (1951), a life of [[Henry of Navarre]]
* ''Ragamuffin King'' (1951), a life of [[Henry of Navarre]]

==References==
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[http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/livingarchive/title.php?id=116 (Carnegie Winner 1939)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130129233751/http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/livingarchive/title.php?id=116 |date=2013-01-29 }}. Living Archive: Celebrating the Carnegie and Greenaway Winners. [[CILIP]]. Retrieved 2012-08-15.</ref>
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==External links==
* {{FadedPage|id=Doorly, Eleanor|name=Eleanor Doorly|author=yes}}
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Eleanor Doorly}}

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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.[1]

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.[2]

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.[2]

She was headmistress of the King's High School For Girls in Warwick from 1922 to 1944.[1] [2][permanent dead link‍] She died 2 May 1950 in Dartmouth, Devon, aged 70.[3]

Selected works

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References

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  1. ^ (Carnegie Winner 1939) Archived 2013-01-29 at the Wayback Machine. Living Archive: Celebrating the Carnegie and Greenaway Winners. CILIP. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
  2. ^ a b "Miss Eleanor Doorly". The Times. 24 May 1950. p. 8.
  3. ^ "Deaths". The Times. 4 May 1950. p. 1.
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