George Heber Teed
1886-1938
George Heber Hamilton Teed, born on 9 December 1886 in Woodstock, New Brunswick, was a Canadian author who also wrote under the pen-names G. H. Teed, Hamilton Teed, Peter Kingsland, and Desmond Reid. He specialized in adventure fiction and detective stories starring Sexton Blake, but also wrote a few science fiction tales and several stories starring detectives Nelson Lee and Dixon Hawke. He penned over 400 tales. Hamilton was educated at McGill University in Montreal. In 1912 Teed published his first tale in the Union Jack, "Dead Man's Shoes." In 1915 he also began writing stories for The Nelson Lee Library and in 1915 he was asked to write the debut story for The Sexton Blake Library. With the outbreak of World War I Teed joined the King Edward's Horse, a Canadian troop, and served in France. He returned to London in 1921 and began publishing Sexton Blake Stories in 1922. Teed continued writing throughout the 1930s, writing for also for Detective Weekly, The Thriller, The Ranger and Modern Wonder. He also published several novels including Murder Ship (1935) Five in Fear (1936) and Voodoo Island (1939). Several of Teed's works were adapted for the silver screen including The Clue of the Wax Vesta
“George Hamilton Teed.” Wikipedia. Accessed 19 April 2023.
Predominant New Brunswick Residences:
Woodstock
Archival Material
University of New Brunswick Archives & Special Collections has an unprocessed donation of George Teed books and magazines used as part of a project to reprint all his works by Stillwoods Edition. Accession 2021.025
George Teed
"A portrait of Canadian author George Hamilton Teed." Cover of Union Jack #1516, 5 November 1932 via Wikipedia. Accessed 17 July 2023.
