Marie Herbert (born 1941) is an Irish-born adventurer and author who wrote biographically as well as novels based on her experiences.

Biography

Born Marie McGaughey in Dublin, Ireland in 1941 to an army family, Herbert grew up in Sri Lanka, Egypt, South India and South Africa before training as an actress in the

Royal Central School of Speech and Drama The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, commonly shortened to Central, is a drama school founded by Elsie Fogerty in 1906, as the Central School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art, to offer a new form of training in speech and drama for ...

in London. Herbert worked in public relations for several years before she met her husband. She married the explorer Sir

Wally Herbert Sir Walter William Herbert (24 October 1934 – 12 June 2007) was a British polar explorer, writer and artist. In 1969 he became the first man fully recognized for walking to the North Pole, on the 60th anniversary of Robert Peary's disputed exp ...

on 24 December 1969. With him she lived for several years with the Thule Inuit in Greenland. There she raised her daughters

Kari Kari or KARI may refer to: Places *Kari, Jhunjhunu, a village in Rajasthan, India * , a village in Mouhoun Province, Burkina Faso * Kari, Tikamgarh, a town in Madhya Pradesh, India * Kari, Iran, a village in Bushehr Province, Iran * Kari-ye Bozorg ...

and Pascale and discovered the details of life in the village. The family also lived in Norway and Sweden. The couple's younger daughter died in an accident when she was fifteen. Marie Herbert became a writer, motivational speaker and therapist. Herbert was a fellow of the

Royal Geographical Society The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), often shortened to RGS, is a learned society and professional body for geography based in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1830 for the advancement of geographical scien ...

as well as being a member of the

Society of Woman Geographers The Society of Woman Geographers was established in 1925 at a time when women were excluded from membership in most professional organizations, such as the Explorers Club, who would not admit women until 1981. It is based in Washington, D.C., and ...

. She became Lady Herbert when her husband was knighted in 2000. Her daughter Kari founded the Polarworld publishing house and wrote ''The Explorer's Daughter''.

Bibliography

* ''The Snow People'' * ''Reindeer People'' * ''Healing Quest: In the Sacred Space of the Medicine Wheel'' * ''Winter of the White Seal'' * ''Great Polar Adventures''

References and sources

{{DEFAULTSORT:Herbert, Marie 1941 births Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society 20th-century Irish women writers Writers from Dublin (city) Living people Alumni of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama Members of the Society of Woman Geographers