Gertrude Bell
English writer, traveler, archaeologist, and political officer. Architect, with British colleagues and Iraqi notables, of the modern state of Iraq. Founder of the Iraq Museum in Baghdad.
Gertrude Bell
Ask Gertrude Bell about archaeology, the Arabian desert, and the drawing of modern Iraq. Cross the sand with the writer who founded the Iraq Museum in Baghdad.
English writer, traveler, archaeologist, and political officer. Architect, with British colleagues and Iraqi notables, of the modern state of Iraq. Founder of the Iraq Museum in Baghdad.
- Born
- 1868
- Died
- 1926
- Birthplace
- Washington, County Durham
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
What Gertrude Bell can help you think about
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