Marie de Garis

Marie de Garis MBE (née Le Messurier; 15 June 1910 – 10 August 2010) was a Guernsey author and lexicographer who wrote the Dictiounnaire Angllais-Guernésiais (English-Guernésiais dictionary), the first edition of which was published in 1967.

This new work largely superseded George Métivier's Dictionnaire Franco-Normand.

She served as president of La Société Guernesiaise and of L'Assembllaïe d'Guernesiais.

[1] De Garis died in the early hours of 10 August 2010 after being admitted to the Princess Elizabeth Hospital in Saint Andrew, Guernsey.

[2] In 1999, de Garis received an MBE for her contributions to the preservation of Guernsey culture.