Helen Wallis

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Helen Margaret Wallis (born Barnet, 17 August 1924-died London 7 February 1995) was the Map Curator of the British Library from 1967 to 1987.

She attended St Paul's School for Girls and studied at St Hugh's College, Oxford, where she completed her D.Phil degree in 1954.

In 1951, she was appointed assistant to R.A. Skelton, superintendent of the Map Room at the British Library, succeeding him in 1967.

She was the chairman of the standing commission on the history of cartography of the International Cartographic Association. In 1986, she became president of the International Map Collectors' Society and she was a founder of The Geography and Map Section of the International Federation of Library Associations. She served as President of The Society for Nautical Research, 1972-1988, and President of the British Cartographic Society