Gertrude Bell

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British person archaeologist human mountaineer orientalist political officer traveller writer

Gertrude Bell was a British writer, archaeologist, and political officer who played a key role in the formation of modern Iraq and the development of its cultural institutions.

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Label	Occurrences
Gertrude Bell canonical	2
Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell	1

Statements (70)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British person ⓘ archaeologist ⓘ human ⓘ mountaineer ⓘ orientalist ⓘ political officer ⓘ traveller ⓘ writer ⓘ
academicDegree	first-class honours in Modern History ⓘ
burialPlace	British Cemetery in Baghdad ⓘ
causeOfDeath	suspected overdose of sleeping pills ⓘ
contributedTo	creation of the Iraq Museum in Baghdad ⓘ development of Iraqi cultural policy ⓘ drawing of Iraq’s internal boundaries after World War I ⓘ establishment of the modern state of Iraq ⓘ selection of Faisal I as King of Iraq ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1868-07-14 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1926-07-12 ⓘ
educatedAt	Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ Queen’s College, London ⓘ surface form: Queen's College London
employer	Intelligence Corps ⓘ surface form: British Army intelligence UK government ⓘ surface form: British government Colonial Office ⓘ
familyName	Bell ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Middle Eastern politics ⓘ archaeology of the Middle East ⓘ cartography ⓘ travel writing ⓘ
fullName	Gertrude Bell self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell
gender	female ⓘ
givenName	Gertrude ⓘ
hasHonor	Order of the British Empire ⓘ
helpedFound	Iraqi National Museum ⓘ surface form: Iraq Museum
knownFor	advising on the creation of the Kingdom of Iraq ⓘ influence on British imperial policy in the Middle East ⓘ mapping and exploration of the Arabian desert ⓘ role in the formation of modern Iraq ⓘ work with T. E. Lawrence ⓘ
languageSpoken	Arabic ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ Persian ⓘ
nationality	British ⓘ
notableWork	Amurath to Amurath ⓘ Syria: The Desert and the Sown ⓘ The Arab of the Desert ⓘ The Desert and the Sown ⓘ
occupation	archaeologist ⓘ diplomat ⓘ mountaineer ⓘ political officer ⓘ writer ⓘ
parent	Mary Shield Bell ⓘ Thomas Hugh Bell NERFINISHED ⓘ
participatedIn	Cairo Conference, 1921 ⓘ surface form: Cairo Conference of 1921 World War I ⓘ
placeOfBirth	County Durham ⓘ England ⓘ Washington New Hall ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Baghdad ⓘ Iraq ⓘ
positionHeld	Honorary Director of Antiquities in Iraq ⓘ Oriental Secretary to the British High Commissioner in Iraq ⓘ political officer in Mesopotamia ⓘ
relative	Hugh Bell ONDG ⓘ
residence	Baghdad ⓘ Red Barns, Redcar ⓘ
stepParent	Florence Bell ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Iraqi National Museum → foundedBy → Gertrude Bell ⓘ

Gertrude → hasNotableBearer → Gertrude Bell ⓘ

Gertrude Bell → fullName → Gertrude Bell self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell