Marie de Garis

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(''née'' Le Messurier; 15 June 1910 – 10 August 2010) was a

Guernsey Guernsey (; Guernésiais: ''Guernési''; french: Guernesey) is an island in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy that is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown Dependency. It is the second largest of the Channel Islands ...

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and

lexicographer Lexicography is the study of lexicons, and is divided into two separate academic disciplines. It is the art of compiling dictionaries. * Practical lexicography is the art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries. * Theoreti ...

who wrote the ''Dictiounnaire Angllais-

Guernésiais Guernésiais, also known as ''Dgèrnésiais'', Guernsey French, and Guernsey Norman French, is the variety of the Norman language spoken in Guernsey. It is sometimes known on the island simply as "patois". As one of the langues d'oïl, it has it ...

'' (English-Guernésiais dictionary), the first edition of which was published in 1967. This new work largely superseded

George Métivier George Métivier (29 January 1790 – 23 March 1881) was a Guernsey poet dubbed the "Guernsey Robert Burns, Burns", and sometimes considered the island's List of national poets, national poet. He wrote in Guernésiais, which is the indigenous lan ...

's ''Dictionnaire Franco-Normand''.

Biography

Born in 1910 in

Saint Peter, Guernsey St Peter's ( Guernesiais: Saint Pierre), known officially as ''Saint Pierre du Bois'' (English: "St. Peter in the Wood") is a parish in Guernsey. It is the centre for the Guernsey Western Parishes which includes Torteval, St Saviour's and th ...

, she published ''Folklore of Guernsey'' (1975) and th
''Glossary of Guernsey place-names''
She served as president of La Société Guernesiaise and of L'Assembllaïe d'Guernesiais. De Garis died in the early hours of 10 August 2010 after being admitted to the ''Princess Elizabeth Hospital'' in

Saint Andrew, Guernsey Saint Andrew (Guernésiais: Saint Andri; french: Saint-André-de-la-Pommeraye) is located in the centre of Guernsey and as such is the only parish on the island to be landlocked. As it is customary to list the parishes round the coast, either clo ...

Awards and honours

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

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