George Hembert Westley(1865-1936)
- Writer
"Newfie" George Hippisley was known as a very reclusive writer who used
the pseudonym George Hembert Westley to preserve his privacy. During
his 26 years as a humor writer and editor for the Boston Evening
Transcript, few if any of the workers there knew who he really was. It
was reported that Hippisley, a lifelong bachelor, would spend most all
of his free time exploring the documents room of the Boston Public
Library. Hippisley was a descendant of one of two brothers who came to
Newfoundland from England in the early 1800s.