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| Name: |
Gertrude Bell | | Birth Date: |
July 14, 1868 | | Death Date: |
July 12, 1926 | | Place of Birth: |
Durham, United Kingdom | | Place of Death: |
Baghdad, Iraq | | Nationality: |
British | | Gender: |
Female | | Occupations: |
archaeologist |
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 Biography of Gertrude Bell
808 words, approx. 3 pages
 Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) was the best known traveler in the Middle East and Arabia in the years before World War I. The British intelligence bureau in Cairo hired her as an advisor on Arabia. After the war, she was very involved in the political... summary from source:
 Biography of Gertrude Bell
8,634 words, approx. 29 pages
 In the introduction to The Letters of Gertrude Bell (1927) Lady Florence Bell enumerates the many achievements of her late stepdaughter: "Scholar, poet, historian, archeologist, art critic, mountaineer, explorer, gardener, naturalist, distinguished... 
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Gertrude Bell Summary
1,034 words, approx. 3 pagesGertrude Bell Born July 14, 1868, Washmgton Hall, Durham, England Died July 11, 1926, Baghdad, Iraq Gertrude Bell traveled extensively in the Middle East at a time when few women had the opportunity to journey so far from home. She became a well-known... summary from source:
 Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell Summary
79 words, approx. 0 pages1868-1926 English archeologist who explored the Middle East. Bell graduated from Oxford University. She visited an uncle employed in Tehran, Iran, and anonymously published a collection of essays about her experiences. Fluent in Arabic and Persian, she... summary from source:
 Gertrude Bell Information
2,167 words, approx. 7 pages
Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell CBE (July 14, 1868 – July 12, 1926) was a British writer, traveller, political analyst, administrator in Arabia, and an archaeologist who found Mesopotamian ruins. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British...
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 The Economist (US) Gertrude of Arabia; Gertrude Bell.(Book review)
09/09/2006: 565 words, approx. 2 pages An intimate 1922 picnic: Gertrude Bell with Iraq's King Faisal (second right) and others THIS excellent biography of Gertrude Bell, the woman behind the creation of modern Iraq, goes far towards making her a true heroine, a Gertrude of Arabia to match her... summary from source:
Geographical Gertrude Bell's visions of Arabia.(Gertrude Lowthian Bell)
03/01/2006: 609 words, approx. 2 pages Hailed as the uncrowned queen of Iraq, Gertrude Bell spent her life exploring the Middle East. Her knowledge of the region and its people was so extensive that, during the First World War, she became an advisor to British Intelligence and was instrumental in...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Elizabeth Robins
10,375 words, approx. 35 pages
In the following essay, Robins recounts a trip she took with Bell to Arabia and discusses Bell's writings on Arabia.
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Critical Essay by Sir E. Denison Ross
2,734 words, approx. 9 pages
In the following preface to Persian Pictures, Ross discusses Bell's early impressions of Persia and includes a lengthy excerpt from a letter Bell wrote to her cousin Horace Marshall.
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Critical Essay by Michael Swan
2,664 words, approx. 9 pages
In the following essay, Swan discusses a volume of published letters Bell wrote to her father and stepmother from abroad.
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