Davis , Eliza Jeffries , 1875-1943 , historian Honeybourne , Marjorie Blanche , 1899-1974 , historian

Davis , Eliza Jeffries , 1875-1943 , historian Honeybourne , Marjorie Blanche , 1899-1974 , historian

Marjorie Blanche Honeybourne was born in Highgate in 1899. She took a BA in History at London University in 1921 and went on, under the supervision of Eliza Jeffries Davis, to gain an MA from the same institution in 1929.

With an abiding interest in London topography, she contributed articles on mediaeval London to several metropolitan periodicals. She was elected a member of the Society of Antiquaries in 1949. She acted as Honorary Editor to the London Topographical Society between 1960 and 1974 and the Ancient Monuments Society between 1967 and 1973. She died on 13 November 1974.

For a detailed resume of Miss Honeybourne's career see her obituaries in Transactions of the Ancient Monuments Society vol.xx (1975) pp.11-14 and London Topographical Record vol.xxiv (1980) pp.203-208. The latter includes a list of her publications with a note on her sketch maps and plans.

Eliza Jeffries Davis was Reader in the History and Records of London at the University of London from 1921 to 1940.