Gertrude Bell
Mountaineer
1868 – 1926
Who was Gertrude Bell?
Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell, CBE was an English writer, traveller, political officer, administrator, archaeologist and spy who explored, mapped, and became highly influential to British imperial policy-making due to her skill and contacts, built up through extensive travels in Greater Syria, Mesopotamia, Asia Minor, and Arabia. Along with T. E. Lawrence, Bell helped establish the Hashemite dynasties in what is today Jordan as well as in Iraq.
She played a major role in establishing and helping administer the modern state of Iraq, utilizing her unique perspective from her travels and relations with tribal leaders throughout the Middle East. During her lifetime she was highly esteemed and trusted by British officials and given an immense amount of power for a woman at the time. She has been described as "one of the few representatives of His Majesty's Government remembered by the Arabs with anything resembling affection".
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- Born
- Jul 14, 1868
Washington - Also known as
- Gertrude Lowthian Bell
- Parents
- Nationality
- England
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
- University of Oxford
- Queen's College, London
- Died
- Jul 12, 1926
Baghdad - Resting place
- British Cemetery, Baghdad
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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