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Helen Simpson (lecturer)

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Helen Simpson
Born1890
Died1960
NationalityNew Zealand
Alma materCanterbury College,
University of London
Occupationteacher

Helen Macdonald Simpson (1890 – 1960) was a notable New Zealand teacher, university lecturer and writer. She was born in Wellington, New Zealand, in 1890.[1] Norman Richmond was her younger brother.[2]

Life

She graduated from Canterbury College, and from the University of London with a PhD. She taught at Christchurch Training College. On 29 January 1927, she married Arthur Barrows Simpson. She wrote The women of New Zealand, a social history survey, which was published in 1940 as part of a government programme to mark 100 years of colonisation of New Zealand.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Labrum, Bronwyn. "Helen Macdonald Simpson". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. ^ Horton, Christopher. "Norman Macdonald Richmond". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.