Eleanor M.O. Laurie

Eleanor Mary Ord Laurie Isserlis (14 January 1919 - 17 March 2009) was a British mammalogist.

Early life Laurie was born in 1919

Education and career Laurie was the head of the Mammal Department at the British Museum of Natural History. she withdrew from the Society in 1958.

Species described Laurie described a number of new mammal species, including: Dactylopsila tatei Laurie, 1952 Microperoryctes papuensis (Laurie, 1952) Hipposideros inexpectatus Laurie & Hill, 1954 Miniopterus shortridgei Laurie & Hill, 1956

Selected publications

Personal life On 29 December 1949, she married Alexander Isserlis, who would become Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister in 1970. Together, they had two daughters.

Honours In 2009, Helgen and Helgen named a new species of mouse after Laurie, Pseudohydromys eleanorae, recommending the common name of Laurie's moss mouse.