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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.
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.
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 ...
Simpson, Helen de Guerry (1897–1940) writer. Helen Simpson, n.d. State Library of Victoria, H34226. Biographical Entries. Australian Dictionary of Biography entry;
Helen de Guerry Simpson (1897–1940) by William Stewart. from Sydney Morning Herald. Helen Simpson, 1937. State Library of New South Wales, 15768. Just before Helen Simpson left England in 1937, to give, as a world famous novelist, a series of broadcasts in her native Australia, she said: "I shall not err on the side of overmuch criticism.
Helen de Guerry Simpson: Alternative Names: Helen de Guerry Browne ; Born: 1 December, 1897 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Died: 14 October, 1940 (aged 42) Overbury, Worcestershire, England. Cause of Death: cancer (not specified) Cultural Heritage: French
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.
