Helen Maud Merrill
Helen Maud Merrill was an American litterateur and poet from Maine. Her first published poem was in the Waterville Sentinel, in 1882. During the decade of 1882–1892, Merrill contributed numerous poems to the St. Nicholas Magazine, Portland Transcript, the Gospel Banner and other journals. She also engaged in editorial work.
5 May 1865
Born on the same birth day (5 May): Agnes Knochenhauer • Bernard Pivot • Brian Williams • Christopher Morley • Collie Smith • Craig David • Danielle Fishel • Ed Lee • Eugénie de Montijo • Floyd Gottfredson • Françoise Charlotte d'Aubigné • Helen Redfield • James Cracknell • Juan Pablo Sorín • Justin Kluivert • Kingsley Fairbridge • Maggie MacNeal • Marg Downey
Born in the same month (May 1865): Clyde Fitch • Epitácio Pessoa • John Mott • Mathilde Verne • Pieter Zeeman • Robert W. Chambers