Hilda Leyel

Who was Hilda Leyel?

Hilda Leyel, who wrote under the name Mrs. C. F. Leyel, was an expert on herbalism and founded the Society of Herbalists in England in 1927, as well as a chain of herbalist stores called the "Culpeper Shops".

Leyel is author of a book on herbalism, called Elixirs of Life, among other works on the subject, as well as the cookery book The Gentle Art of Cookery. She was a fellow of the Royal Institution and an officer of the Académie française.