Saturday's Child Works Hard For It's Living

Talking About: Georgette Heyer Part II  

In 1902 Enrico Caruso, well-reknowned opera singer, made his first gramaphone recording in London, England.......

In 1902 the U.S. occupation of Cuba ended.......

Alan-A-Dale was the 28th Kentucky Derby Winner.......

Beatrix Potter published her first Peter Rabbit book, THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT.......

Willis H. Carrier came up with the first system to control temperature and humidity, inventing the first air conditioner.......

Fossils of a Tyrannasaurus Rex were discovered by Barnum Brown in Hell Creek, Montana..........

Theodore Roosevelt was President of the United States, and.......

Georgette Heyer was born on August 16.

Georgette's grandfather was Russian, and the name "Heyer" was originally pronounced, as most people pronounce it today, as "high-er".  But during World War I the family changed the pronunciation to sound less German and it was pronounced to sound like "hair".  Georgette herself pronounced it that way.  But it is very hard for me to do so.  I didn't know about the war-years' pronunciation change when I first became a fan, so when I found out that she herself pronounced it to rhyme with "fair" I tried to do so.  But it automatically comes to my mind or out of my mouth as rhyming with "flyer".

Georgette was the eldest of three children.  Her brothers were Boris and Frank.  Her father, George Heyer, was a teacher at King's College School.

Georgette was born on a Saturday, so in keeping with the old nursery rhyme, I guess it could be said that she (as Saturday's child) "worked hard for her living".

The next entry will discuss her first novel, THE BLACK MOTH.

See the  Entry below for Part I.