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Gertrude Bell

1868 - 1926

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Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell (14 July 1868 – 12 July 1926) was an English writer, traveller, political officer, administrator, and archaeologist. She spent much of her life exploring and mapping the Middle East, and became highly influential to British imperial policy-making as an Arabist due to her knowledge and contacts built up through extensive travels. During her lifetime, she was highly esteemed and trusted by British officials such as High Commissioner for Mesopotamia Percy Cox, giving her great influence. She participated in both the 1919 Paris Peace Conference (briefly) and the 1921 Cairo Conference, which helped decide the territorial boundaries and governments of the post-War Middle East as part of the partition of the Ottoman Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gertrude Bell is the 194th most popular military personnel (up from 226th in 2019), the 476th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 428th in 2019) and the 11th most popular British Military Personnel.

Gertrude Bell was a British explorer, diplomat, and writer who played a major role in establishing the boundaries of the modern Middle East.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Gertrude Bell ranks 194 out of 2,058. Before her are Felix Steiner, Aleksandr Vasilevsky, Desmond Doss, Paul Hausser, Maxime Weygand, and Abraha. After her are Georg von Küchler, Captain Tom, Mikhail Frunze, Djemal Pasha, Jacques MacDonald, and Zhou Yu.

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Among people born in 1868, Gertrude Bell ranks 25. Before her are Fuad I of Egypt, Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse, Theodore William Richards, Peter Behrens, Paul Claudel, and S. P. L. Sørensen. After her are Gaston Leroux, Gustav Meyrink, August Horch, Felix Hoffmann, Dietrich Eckart, and Edmond Rostand. Among people deceased in 1926, Gertrude Bell ranks 17. Before her are Camillo Golgi, Sunjong of Korea, Mary Cassatt, Symon Petliura, Emil Kraepelin, and Kim Hyong-jik. After her are Rudolph Valentino, Aleksei Brusilov, Louise of Sweden, Nikola Pašić, Margherita of Savoy, and John Browning.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gertrude Bell ranks 476 out of 8,785. Before her are Tom Baker (1934), Richard Trevithick (1771), Pelagius (360), Tilda Swinton (1960), J. M. Barrie (1860), and David Beckham (1975). After her are Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (1220), Peter Sellers (1925), Henry Morton Stanley (1841), Captain Tom (1920), Robbie Coltrane (1950), and David Niven (1910).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Gertrude Bell ranks 11. Before her are T. E. Lawrence (1888), Edward Smith (1850), Claude Auchinleck (1884), John Hawkins (1532), Alexander Selkirk (1676), and William Stuart-Houston (1911). After her are Captain Tom (1920), John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650), Rudolf Abel (1903), Jack Phillips (1887), Hugh Dowding (1882), and Timothy Laurence (1955).

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