Bell, Charles Alfred, Sir, 1870-1945
Contributed to
aj01The people of Tibet
The people of TibetBook 1928
aj01The religion of Tibet
The religion of TibetBook 1931
- Summary
- Sir Charles Alfred Bell was the British Political Officer for Bhutan, Sikkim and Tibet. He was known as "British India's ambassador to Tibet" before retiring and becoming a noted tibetologist. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1]VIAF[3]Bibliothèque nationale de France[4]Wikidata[5]Library of Congress
- Unknown [2]Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- Born
- 1870 [4]Wikidata
- 1870-10-31 [2]Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- Birth Place
- Kalkutta [2]Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- Kolkata [4]Wikidata
- Died
- 1945 [4]Wikidata
- 1945-03-08 [2]Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- Death Place
- Victoria (British Columbia) [2]Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- Victoria [4]Wikidata
- Country
- India [2]Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- Canada [2]Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- Great Britain [2]Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- Language
- English [3]Bibliothèque nationale de France
- Occupation
- diplomat [4]Wikidata
- politician [4]Wikidata
- lexicographer [4]Wikidata
- linguist [4]Wikidata
- writer [4]Wikidata
- Tibetologist [4]Wikidata
- Educated at
- New College [4]Wikidata
- Winchester College [4]Wikidata
- Country of Education
- United Kingdom [4]Wikidata
- Archives at
- Pitt Rivers Museum [4]Wikidata
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- Biography (requires subscription) [4]Wikidata
- Yale LUX
- Entity [4]Wikidata
- British Museum person-institution thesaurus
- Entry [4]Wikidata
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 4. Wikidata
- 5. Library of Congress
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