He is best remembered for his tales of Sexton Blake, a popular, fictional British detective who featured in a wide variety of publications in the first half of the twentieth century.

His father, Almon Isiah Teed, was a merchant who owned saw-mills, a fleet of boats, and a coffee plantation in South America.

The 'Teed era' truly began in 1913 with the creation of three of his most legendary characters: Yvonne Cartier, a female criminal mastermind who sets out to avenge her family in an 8-part epic tale, Dr. Huxton Rymer a world renowned surgeon who turns to a life of crime and Prince Wu Ling, a member of the Chinese imperial family bent on world domination.

The Sacred Sphere the 1913, Christmas double issue, includes all three of the characters he introduced: Yvonne Cartier, Dr. Huxton Rymer and Prince Wu Ling.

[12] 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.

Later as branch manager of an export firm he met his future wife, Inez Annie Dunning, at a fancy dress ball.

[15] That year he was commissioned to write the milestone 1000th issue of the Union Jack, The Thousandth Chance, a tale that included many of the major characters in the Sexton Blake Universe.

Like he had done for Blake, Teed created a female adversary for Lee: Mademoiselle Miton, The Black Wolf, a cross-dressing jujitsu master whose tales stretched over 17 episodes.

Those include Yvonne Cartier, Marie-Galante, Muriel Marl, Vali Mata-Vali, Lola de Guise, and Roxane Harfield, the first female master criminal from his home province of New Brunswick.

He had a talent for creating lifelike characters, skillfully imbuing both heroes and villains with a rich humanity that made them like real living people.

He was an adventure writer, creating thrillers set in exotic locations, and often Blake was subservient to the atmosphere, although it can never be said that the stories became purely travelogues.

His contribution to Blake was to give him the world to play in: South America, China, Haiti, Russia, Paris, the Middle East, Australia, although he also used London and its environs in some stories.