Helen Taylor (1818–1885) was an English writer of books for children.
Helen Taylor was born in 1818, probably in London, to Elizabeth Venn, first wife of Martin Taylor (1788–1867), of Ongar, Essex; he was the son of Isaac Taylor, an engraver, some-time nonconformist pastor and, like Helen, a writer of children's books; his wife Ann was also an author.
[2] Unlike her father, Helen appears to have been a member of the Church of England.
Her works, which have echoes of those of her aunts, include:[1] The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography offers the view that "her works have been generally obscured by the great outpouring of Sunday school literature in the middle of the nineteenth century as well as the fame of her aunts".
[1] Helen Taylor died, unmarried on 25 June 1885 at Mayfield, Parkstone, Dorset.