Mary Cathcart Borer
Mary Cathcart Borer | |
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| Born | Mary Irene Cathcart Borer 3 February 1906 London, England |
| Died | 2 December 1994 (aged 88) St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England |
| Other names | Mary Irene Cathcart Myers |
| Spouse |
Oliver H Myers
(m. 1935, divorced) |
| Writing career | |
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Mary Cathcart Borer (3 February 1906 – 2 December 1994) was an English writer, screenwriter, playwright and journalist.[1][2][3][4]
Biography
[edit]Mary Irene Cathcart Borer was born on 3 February 1906 in London, and was baptised at the Parish Church of St Andrew, Stoke Newington.[3][5]
Personal life
[edit]In 1935, Cathcart married the Egyptologist Oliver Myers.[6][3][7] The couple separated sometime before 1939.[3][7]
Cathcart died on 2 December 1994 in St Albans.[8]
Publications
[edit]- Borer, Mary Cathcart (1937). Adventure in August. [A tale for children.]. London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons.
- Borer, Mary Cathcart (1963). Women who made History.With drawings by Moira Hoddell. London: Frederick Warne & Co.
- Borer, Mary Cathcart; Field, Agnes Mary (1950). The Secret Tunnel. The Book of the Mary Field Film. Adopted by M.C. Borer from the Original Screen Play, Etc. [With Plates.]. London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons.
References
[edit]- ^ "Borer, Mary Cathcart, 1906-1994". Library of Congress Name Authority File. Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress. 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
- ^ "Mary Irene C Myers". England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London: General Register Office. 1994.
- ^ a b c d "Mary I C Myers", 1939 Register, Kew, Surrey: The National Archives, 1939
- ^ "Mary Cathcart Borer Archives". The Lutterworth Press. Cambridge: The Lutterworth Press. 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
- ^ "P94/AND/001 Mary Irene Cathcart Borer". London Church of England Parish Registers. London: The London Archives. 1906.
- ^ "Mary I C Borer and Oliver H Myers". Marriages registered in April, May and June, 1935: MYE-NAS. 1b. London: General Register Office: 258. 1935.
- ^ a b "RG 101/255B Oliver H Myers". 1939 Register. Kew, Surrey: The National Archives. 1939.
- ^ "Mary Irene Cathcart Myers", Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England, London: Principal Probate Registry, 1994
