Sophie Jane Gurney (née Raverat, formerly Pryor; 20 December 1919 – 10 June 2011) was an English artist, linked to many of the leading intellectual and cultural figures of the early 20th century.[1] As an artist she preferred brightly coloured variations on natural forms, working in both gouache and print. She later became a member of the 21 Group.[2]
Gurney was born in 1919, the younger daughter of English wood engraver Gwen Darwin and French painter Jacques Raverat. Gurney was a great-granddaughter of the naturalist Charles Darwin. Her father died in 1925 when she was only five years old. Gurney and her elder sister Elisabeth were temporarily taken into the care of her first cousin once removed Nora Barlow and her husband, Sir Alan Barlow.[citation needed]
She was educated at home in Cambridge and then at the Perse School for Girls, before studying violin in Switzerland. She was accepted by the Royal College of Music, switching to medicine just prior to the outbreak of World War II, but later abandoned her studies in 1940 after her marriage. She continued to play in orchestras and chamber groups throughout her life.[2]
She first married the entomologist Mark Pryor in 1940; they had four children.[3] Emily (1942–2008), William (born 1945), Lucy (born 1948) and Nelly (born 1952), who married the film director/farmer Philip Trevelyan. Sophie and Mark Pryor were involved in a road traffic accident in 1967, in which she was relatively unharmed but which left him with brain damage in a persistent vegetative state for almost three years until his death in 1970, aged 51. She also had to deal with her son William's heroin addiction.[4]
She subsequently remarried, to Henry Charles Horton Gurney OBE[5] (1913–1997, known as Charles), professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Hong Kong (1966-1973),[6] who had been Mark's boss at RAE Farnborough. After his retirement, they moved to Totnes, Devon. Sophie Gurney died there in 2011, aged 91.[2]
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^"History: Heads of Department". HKU Department of Mechanical Engineering. Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
Sophie Jane Gurney (née Raverat, formerly Pryor; 20 December 1919 – 10 June 2011) was an English artist, linked to many of the leading intellectual and...
Born in Cambridge, Lucy Raverat is the daughter of Mark Pryor and SophieGurney (née Raverat), and granddaughter of the artists Gwen Raverat (née Darwin)...
of Wimpole Street". Burke's Peerage (107 ed.). p. 394.[dead link] "SophieGurney". Telegraph.co.uk. 16 August 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2017. "Norah...
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also her maternal aunt, Archduchess Sophie, who took over the rearing of Elisabeth's daughters, one of whom, Sophie, died in infancy. The birth of a son...
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of the TV-film. Dinotopia Dinotopia Hidden, utopian island from James Gurney's illustrated books and featured in several other related works. Divine Mandate...
and is taken away. Nora is taken to Vamp Camp, where she is strapped to a gurney and infected with Hep V in front of Eric. Eric frees them both and takes...
Antigone), play by Griselda Gambaro (b. 1928) Another Antigone, play by A. R. Gurney (b. 1930) Antígona, play by Salvador Espriu (1939) "Antigone", a short story...
'Blunt Talk'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 30 April 2014. Mei Lan, Sophie (23 July 2022). "Sir Patrick Stewart reveals the Yorkshire Tea advert was...
School of Acting, graduating in 1986. In 1995, Lumsden married actress Sophie Thompson; they separated in 2015. They have two sons. "Researcha". Web.researcha...
vocalist. Roles in New York include: Melissa Gardner in Love Letters (A R Gurney) at the Edison Theatre, October 1989 Ophelia in Hamlet with the Roundabout...
the end of the year in 1927 and 1928 • 1926/1927/1928 Wimbledon runner-up Sophie Amiach France 1963 Singles: 1984 Australian Open quarterfinalist ◌ Doubles:...
Emanuel hears her name being called and swims away until she awakens on a gurney with her father and a police officer present. She is taken to the hospital...
Bucky has collapsed. At the hospital, Hank and Ruby walk beside Bucky's gurney as he is being taken for tests. Ruby kisses Bucky on the lips – confusing...
opposite Sissy Spacek, was the 1993 production of Love Letters by A. R. Gurney, in Telluride, Colorado. While a student at NIDA, Gibson made his film debut...
Morning's at Seven. She won a second Obie for her performance in A. R. Gurney's The Cocktail Hour. Marchand originated the roles of Vinnie Phillips on...
on December 15, 2018. Retrieved December 15, 2018. Miller, Carol Marbin; Gurney, Kyra (February 20, 2018). "Parkland shooter always in trouble, never expelled...
1935-1937. British Graham Land Expedition, 1935-1937. Norman Arthur L. Gurney Silver. Antarctic, 1935-1937. British Graham Land Expedition, 1935-1937...
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