page_title: Beatrice Tomasson
section_title: Retirement
hierarchical_section_title: Beatrice Tomasson / Biography / Retirement
caption_attribution_description: English: Beatrice Tomasson (25 April 1859 – 13 February 1947) was an English mountaineer
context_page_description: Beatrice Tomasson was an English mountaineer. She climbed extensively in the Dolomites and made the first ascent of the south face of the Marmolada in 1901.
context_section_description: Tomasson's climbing career was essentially ended by the outbreak of World War I, at which time most of her guides were recruited for war. She returned to Britain in 1912 where she devoted her time to horse riding and hunting. She married Patrick Chalmers Mackenzie in 1921, when she was 61 years old, and they settled in his Sussex estate, where Tomasson died in 1947 at the age of 87.
caption: Beatrice Tomasson by John Singer Sargent
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