Helen Douglas Irvine, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Helen Douglas Irvine

British writer

Date of Birth: 29-Feb-1880

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1947

Profession: novelist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Helen Douglas Irvine

  • Helen Douglas Irvine (born Helen Florence Douglas-Irvine; 29 February 1880 – 22 May 1946) was a Scottish novelist, historian and translator and was one of the Douglases of Grangemuir.
  • She was one of the first female graduates of St Andrews University having read History, near her family home Grangemuir, near Pittenweem in Fife. She was the daughter of Walter Douglas-Irvine and Anne Frances (née Lloyd), granddaughter of Lord William Robert Keith Douglas (the younger brother of both Charles Douglas, 6th Marquess of Queensberry and John Douglas, 7th Marquess of Queensberry).She was a clerk with the French Red Cross during the First World War.

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