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Gertrude Bell: Quick Facts

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Also Known As Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell
Born July 14, 1868 • England
Died July 12, 1926 (aged 57) • Baghdad • Iraq

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Gertrude Bell, c. 1910.
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