Augusto Goemine Thomson was born on 23 April 1882 in
Santiago to Augusto Goemine, a French
navigator, and Manuela Thomson. A few days after his birth d'Halmar's mother took him to
Valparaiso. d'Halmar's pen name was in honour of his maternal great grandfather the
Swede Baron de d’Halmar. His paternal great grandfather was the Scotsman Alexander Cross. Augusto was left an orphan at the age of 10 and he was reared by his stepsisters. He was a pupil in the
Miguel Amunátegui Liceum from 1896 until he was interned in a Seminary which he abandoned in 1896 in order to devote himself entirely to
literature. Good insights to Augusto's early life and family history can be read in "La Colonia Tolstoiana" by Fernando Santivan. == Literary works ==