Helen Macpherson Schutt

Helen Macpherson Schutt (née Helen Macpherson Smith, 17 April 1874 – 19 April 1951) was a Scottish-born Australian philanthropist.

Early life Born 14 April 1874, in Melrose, Scottish Borders, Smith was the only child of Australian born Jane Priscilla, née Macpherson, and Melbourne based, Scottish born timber merchant Robert Smith. She was born at Melrose, Scotland, on 17 April 1874. She lived at Fitzroy with her parents till she was seven years old and later she traveled to Europe, Britain, and Australia. In 2001, the trust was renamed as the Helen Macpherson Smith Trust, and in honor of her memory, at the Melbourne General Cemetery, an obelisk was erected.

Death Schutt died of pneumonia on 19 April 1951, aged 77, while staying at the Hotel Majestic at Cannes. She was buried in a pauper's grave at Marseilles for unexplained reasons and later exhumed, and later cremated.