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Helen de Guerry Simpson (1 December 1897 – 14 October 1940) was an Australian novelist and British Liberal Party politician. Youth and education. Simpson was born in Sydney into a family that had been settled in New South Wales for over 100 years.
Simpson, Helen (1897–1940) Australian-born British writer now best known for her detective novels. Born Helen de Guerry Simpson on December 1, 1897, in Sydney, Australia; died during the German bombing of London on October 14, 1940; daughter of Edward Percy Simpson (a solicitor) and Anne (de Lauret) Simpson; attended Sacred Heart Convent and ...
Helen de Guerry Simpson (1897-1940), writer, was born on 1 December 1897 in Sydney, fourth and youngest child of native-born parents Edward Percy Simpson, solicitor, and his wife Anna Maria Alexandra Guerry, daughter of the French Marquis de Guerry de Lauret.
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Helen de Guerry Simpson (1 December 1897 – 14 October 1940) was an Australian novelist and British Liberal Party politician. Quick Facts Born, Died ... Close. Youth and education. Simpson was born in Sydney into a family that had been settled in New South Wales for over 100 years.
Helen de Guerry Simpson. born Sydney, New South Wales: 1 December 1897. died Overbury, Worcestershire: 14 October 1940. works (selected) The Woman on the Beast: Viewed from Three Angles (London: William Heinemann, 1933) [coll of linked stories/fixup: hb/Boris Artzybasheff]
Biography. Helen Simpson's father was a Sydney solicitor and her mother was the daughter of a French Marquis. At thirteen she was sent as a boarder to the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Rose Bay, Sydney, and she completed her high school education at Abbotsleigh in 1912. Her parents separated during this time and her mother moved to London.
