Mabel Bent
Mabel Bent | |
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Bent in 1891 | |
| Born | Mabel Virginia Anna Hall-Dare 28 January 1847 County Meath, Ireland |
| Died | 3 July 1929 (aged 82) |
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J. Theodore Bent
(m. 1877; died 1897) |
Mabel Virginia Anna Bent (née Hall-Dare, a.k.a. Mrs J. Theodore Bent) (28 January 1847 – 3 July 1929), was an Anglo-Irish explorer, excavator, writer and photographer. With her husband, J. Theodore Bent, she spent two decades (1877–1897) travelling, collecting and researching in remote regions of the Eastern Mediterranean, Asia Minor, Africa, and Arabia.