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Gertrude Bell

(1868-1926)
English writer, traveller, political officer, and archaeologist
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Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell, CBE (14 July 1868 – 12 July 1926) was an English writer, traveller, political officer, administrator, and archaeologist who explored, mapped, and became highly influential to British imperial policy-making due to her knowledge and contacts, built up through extensive travels in Syria-Palestine, Mesopotamia, Asia Minor, and Arabia. Along with T. E. Lawrence, Bell helped support the Hashemite dynasties in what is today Jordan as well as in Iraq.

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14 July 1868
Washington Hall, County Durham, England
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12 July 1926 (aged 57)
Baghdad, Mandatory Iraq
Zodiac Cancer
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