Constance spry biography
Constance spry biography
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Constance Spry
British florist and educator
Constance Spry OBE | |
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Spry arranging flowers | |
| Born | Constance Fletcher (1886-12-05)5 December 1886 Derby, England |
| Died | 3 January 1960(1960-01-03) (aged 73) Winkfield, Berkshire, England |
| Other names | Constance Marr |
| Occupation(s) | Educator, florist, author |
| Known for | Co-inventor of Coronation chicken |
| Spouses | James Heppell Marr (m. 1910; div. 1917)Henry Ernest Spry (m. 1926) |
| Children | 1 |
Constance SpryOBE (née Fletcher, previously Marr; 5 December 1886 – 3 January 1960) was a British educator, florist and author in the mid-20th century.
Life
Constance Fletcher was born in Derby in 1886, eldest child and only daughter of George and Henrietta Maria (née Dutton) Fletcher.[1] After studying hygiene, physiology and district nursing in Ireland, she lectured on first aid and