Person

Boyle, Mary E.

1881–1974

Mary Boyle (1881-1974): the Abbé Breuil’s faithful fellow-worker. Mary Elizabeth Boyle, a Scotswoman and poet who by chance found her way into archaeology, firstly through meeting and working with Miles Burkitt and then, most importantly, by her encounter in 1920 with the Abbe Henri Breuil, the famous French prehistorian, whose companion and aide she became for the final 37 years of his life ... born on 11 August 1881, in Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland