| 词条 | Ann Savours Shirley |
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| honorific_prefix = | name = Ann Savours Shirley | honorific_suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1927|11|09}} | birth_place = Stoke-on-Trent | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | other_names = | residence = | citizenship = | nationality = British | fields = History | workplaces = University of Aberdeen | patrons = | education = Royal Holloway College | alma_mater = Sorbonne | thesis_title = | thesis_url = | thesis_year = | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = Her study of Robert Falcon Scott's ship HMS Discovery | influences = | influenced = | awards = Honorary D.Litt, Fellow of the Society for Nautical Research, Murchison Award | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | spouse = | partner = | children = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = }}Ann Savours Shirley, historian of polar exploration, both Arctic and Antarctic, was born on 9 November 1927 in Stoke-on-Trent). She is most widely known for her study of Robert Falcon Scott's ship HMS Discovery.[1] Early life, family, and educationThe daughter of Edgar Walter Savours, a civil engineer, and his wife Margaret, a poet and teacher, she earned her bachelor's degree in 1949 with honours at Royal Holloway College, University of London, then went on to study at the Sorbonne in Paris, where she earned a diploma in French civilization in 1950, and studied art at the Burselm School of Art in 1950-51. In 1961, she married Lawrence G.S. Shirley, with whom she had two children.[2] CareerShe began her career as a library assistant at the University of Aberdeen in 1952-54, before becoming assistant librarian and curator of manuscripts at the Scott Polar Institute at Cambridge University from 1954 to 1966. In 1970, she became an assistant keeper at the National Maritime Museum, where in 1973 she was appointed custodian of manuscripts. In 1977, she was placed in charge of the Arctic gallery, serving in that capacity until her retirement in 1987. She was a member of the Cambridge Spitsbergen Physiological Expedition in 1955[3] and the Australian National Antarctic Expedition in 1960. She was also an honorary research fellow at the Australian National University in 1960-61. She served as a member of council of the Royal Geographical Society in 1978-80. She was also a member of the council and a vice president of the Hakluyt Society and of the Society for Nautical Research. Awards
Published worksCatalogue of MSS of Polar Interest in Australia and New Zealand, (Cambridge, England: Scott Polar Research Institute, 1963).
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.antarctic-circle.org/treasures.htm#1|title=Antarctic Treasures|work=antarctic-circle.org|accessdate=3 December 2016}} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Shirley, Ann Savours}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/savours-ann-1927|title=Savours, Ann 1927– - Dictionary definition of Savours, Ann 1927– - Encyclopedia.com: FREE online dictionary|work=encyclopedia.com|accessdate=3 December 2016}} 3. ^Polar Record,, vol. 8, issue 54, p. 253 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/friends/polarbytes/19/|title=Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge » 'Polar Bytes' no. 19|work=cam.ac.uk|accessdate=3 December 2016}} 6 : 1927 births|People from Stoke-on-Trent|British maritime historians|Alumni of the University of London|Living people|People of the Scott Polar Research Institute |
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