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Marjorie Quennell
MARJORIE (COURTNEY) QUENNELL (1884-1972) was a British historian, illustrator and museum curator.
Her husband was architect CHARLES HENRY BOURNE QUENNELL (1872-1935), an English architect, designe...view moreMARJORIE (COURTNEY) QUENNELL (1884-1972) was a British historian, illustrator and museum curator.
Her husband was architect CHARLES HENRY BOURNE QUENNELL (1872-1935), an English architect, designer, illustrator and writer, who obtained the National Gold medal for Architecture, and RIBA Medal of Merit. He began practice in 1896, developing houses at Hampstead Garden Suburb with his brother William and then with developer George Washington Hart. Marjorie and Charles met at the Junior Art Workers Guild in 1903 and had three children, including a son Peter Courtney Quennell (1905-1993) who became a well-known writer and was editor of History Today.
After World War I, the Quennells wrote a series of illustrated children’s books, A History of Everyday Things in England, 4 volumes (1918-1934). The series ended with The Good New Days (1935), where modern industrial and agricultural process s, together with the problems of the future, were considered. A second series was written, Everyday Life in… (1921-1926) describing living from Prehistoric to Norman times. A third series of Everyday Things (1929-1932) covered Greece in antiquity.
After World War II, Marjorie illustrated two more books in the Everyday Life series on Biblical times, with the texts written by others. Marjorie was a painter in oils and watercolour, mostly of architectural subjects.
Following Charles’ death in 1935, she was appointed curator of the Geffrye Museum. While there she installed the series of “period rooms” on which the museum is still based to this day. She remained there until she retired in 1940, then moved to the United States. She died in 1972.view less
Books by Marjorie Quennell
A History of Everyday Things in England 1066-1799 Everyday Things in Ancient Greece [Second Edition] Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings