Marie de Garis

Marie de Garis (née Le Messurier), MBE (15 June 1910 – 10 August 2010) was a Guernsey author and lexicographer, who wrote the Dictiounnaire Angllais-Guernésiais (English-Guernésiais dictionary), the first edition of which was published in 1967. This new work largely superseded George Métivier's Dictionnaire Franco-Normand.^{[citation needed]}

She published Folklore of Guernsey (1975) and the Glossary of Guernsey place-names. She served as president of La Société Guernesiaise and of L'Assembllaïe d'Guernesiais.^[1]

In 1999 de Garis received an MBE for her contributions to the preservation of Guernsey culture. She turned 100 in 2010.^[2]

Death

De Garis died in the early hours of 10 August 2010 after being admitted to the Princess Elizabeth Hospital.^[3]

References

1. ^ BBC notice of de Garis's death
2. ^ "Guernsey French promoter Marie De Garis is 100". BBC. 2010-06-15. http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/guernsey/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_8741000/8741203.stm. Retrieved 2010-06-15. 
3. ^ "Guernsey language stalwart Marie de Garis dies". BBC News Guernsey. 10 August, 2010. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-10926653. Retrieved 18 August 2010. 

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Name	De Garis, Marie
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