Quote of the day
In all works on Natural History, we constantly find details of the marvellous adaptation of animals to their food, their habits, and the localities in which they are found.
Gertrude Bell
Born: July 14, 1868
Died: July 12, 1926 (aged 57)
Bio: Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell was an English writer, traveler, political officer, administrator, spy and archaeologist.
Known for:
- The Desert and the Sown (1907)
- Tales from the Queen of the Desert
- Letters of Gertrude Bell
- Amurath to Amurath (1911)