Mary Cathcart Borer

Mary Cathcart Borer
"Photograph of Mary Irene Cathcart Borer", Angus McBean, c. 1950
Born
Mary Irene Cathcart Borer

(1906-02-03)3 February 1906
Hackney, London, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Died2 December 1994(1994-12-02) (aged 88)
St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Other namesMary Irene Cathcart Myers
EducationUniversity College London, Bachelor of Science, 1928
Spouse
Oliver Humphrys Myers
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(m. 1935; div. 1939)​
Writing career
Pen name
  • Molly Myers
  • Egan Storm
Occupation

Mary Cathcart Borer (3 February 1906 – 2 December 1994) was a British writer, screenwriter, playwright, journalist and scientific researcher.[1][2][3][4][5]

Biography

Mary Irene Cathcart Borer was born on 3 February 1906 in Hackney, London to Florence Mary Borer (née Edmonds) and Archibald James Borer, a hospital secretary.[6][3][7][8] Borer was baptised at the Parish Church of St Andrew, Stoke Newington in April 1906.[7]

In 1928, Borer graduated from University College London with a Bachelor of Science.[5] Borer initially worked as a scientific researcher at the then Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, before marrying the Egyptologist Oliver Humphrys Myers in 1935.[9][3][10][11] From 1935–1937, Borer participated in two Egypt Exploration Society excavations directed by Myers at sites in Armant, Kingdom of Egypt (present-day, Egypt).[12][13][5] The couple divorced sometime around 1939.[3][10][11][5]

Personal life

Borer died on 2 December 1994 in St Albans, and was being living in the market town of Tring prior to her death.[14]

Publications

  • 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.

Filmography

Filmography

Year Title Role Type Notes Ref(s)
1940 Old Mother Riley in Society Screenwriter Fiction [15]
1944 Surgery in Chest Disease Scenario Non-fiction [16]
1944 Accident Service Scenario Non-fiction [17]
1944 Tom's Ride Story Fiction [18]
1946–1947 Tales of the Woodland Screenwriter Non-Fiction 6 part serial, story by Enid Blyton [19][20][21]

References

  1. ^ "Borer, Mary Cathcart, 1906-1994". Library of Congress Name Authority File. Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress. 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  2. ^ "Mary Irene C Myers". England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London: General Register Office. 1994.
  3. ^ a b c d "Mary I C Myers", 1939 Register, Kew, Surrey: The National Archives, 1939
  4. ^ "Mary Cathcart Borer Archives". The Lutterworth Press. Cambridge: The Lutterworth Press. 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  5. ^ a b c d Sambrook, Pamela (2021). "Foreward". The British Hotel Through the Ages (PDF) (2 ed.). Cambridge: Lutterworth Press. pp. 5–8. ISBN 978-0718895808. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
  6. ^ "Mary Irene C Borer". England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. 1b. London: General Register Office: 429. 1906.
  7. ^ a b "P94/AND/001 Mary Irene Cathcart Borer". London Church of England Parish Registers. London: The London Archives. 1906.
  8. ^ "P94/AND/003 Archibald James Borer and Florence Mary Edmonds". Church of England Parish Registers. London: The London Archives: 181. 1900.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ a b "RG 101/255B Oliver H Myers". 1939 Register. Kew, Surrey: The National Archives. 1939.
  11. ^ a b "Oliver Humphrys Myers". Artefacts of Excavation; British Excavations in Egypt 1880–1980. Oxford: The Griffith Institute, University of Oxford. 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
  12. ^ "1935-36 Armant". Artefacts of Excavation; British Excavations in Egypt 1880–1980. Oxford: The Griffith Institute, University of Oxford. 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
  13. ^ "1936-37 Armant". Artefacts of Excavation; British Excavations in Egypt 1880–1980. Oxford: The Griffith Institute, University of Oxford. 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
  14. ^ "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
  15. ^ "Old Mother Riley in Society". BFI Collections Search. London: British Film Institute. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
  16. ^ "Surgery in Chest Disease". BFI Collections Search. London: British Film Institute. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
  17. ^ "Accident Service". BFI Collections Search. London: British Film Institute. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
  18. ^ "Tom's Ride". BFI Collections Search. London: British Film Institute. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
  19. ^ "All Kinds of Houses". BFI Collections Search. London: British Film Institute. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
  20. ^ "A Home in the Stream". BFI Collections Search. London: British Film Institute. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
  21. ^ "A Tadpole Tale". BFI Collections Search. London: British Film Institute. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
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