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Gerald de Gaury

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An enthusiastic and skilled photographer, de Gaury is responsible for a large proportion of the photographs of the Arabian Peninsula from this period. He was also an accomplished watercolorist and sketch artist, frequently drawing or painting scenes from memory only hours after they had occurred.
146:"He spoke beautiful Arabic, and could talk Arabic lore. Living among, and as one of, the royal household in Arabia, he knew a great deal and could tell you marvellous legends." 439: 434: 385: 332: 444: 274: 261: 173: 126:. During that time, he became a foremost authority on the region and wrote a number of books on the subject in later life. 199: 72: 242: 454: 419: 378: 325: 449: 429: 424: 414: 371: 318: 187: 459: 152: 84: 409: 404: 8: 359: 306: 50: 54: 42: 270: 257: 238: 169: 96: 46: 355: 347: 302: 80: 58: 19: 203: 398: 138: 115: 100: 92: 134: 107:, he had become one of the first half dozen Britons to enter that city. 31: 35: 27: 23: 22:(1 April 1897 – 12 January 1984) was a British military officer, 294: 111: 104: 88: 76: 123: 119: 53:, and was wounded on several occasions, including in the 267:
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151:For the last twenty years of his life he lived in 79:in the 1930s, and organized and took part in the 396: 188:Supplement to the London Gazette, 17 July 1917 17:Gerald Simpson Hillairet Rutland Vere de Gaury 379: 326: 354:This article about a British explorer is a 386: 372: 333: 319: 229:Arabian Journeys and Other Desert Travels 301:This English biographical article is a 397: 440:British Army personnel of World War I 280:The Grand Captain, Gonzalo De Cordoba 118:during his wartime assignment to the 342: 289: 155:, where he died on 12 January 1984. 99:. The previous year, while visiting 250:, (Praeger, 1967). ASIN B0007DUTRE 13: 14: 471: 435:Royal Hampshire Regiment officers 114:and spent much time hunting with 445:Recipients of the Military Cross 346: 293: 168:, (Stacey International, 2006). 71:De Gaury served as the British 192: 181: 1: 158: 91:in November 1935, to present 358:. You can help Knowledge by 305:. You can help Knowledge by 248:Faisal, King of Saudi Arabia 7: 200:"Lesley Blanch – Biography" 110:He was a fluent speaker of 10: 476: 341: 288: 133:He was a close friend of 49:, where he fought at the 282:, (Longmans Green, 1955) 269:, (I. B. Tauris, 2008). 222: 153:Sussex Square, Brighton 455:British explorer stubs 420:English travel writers 237:, (Kegan Paul, 1946). 256:, (AMS Press, 1954). 57:. He was awarded the 450:English people stubs 166:Travellers in Arabia 430:Explorers of Arabia 141:, who said of him: 55:Gallipoli Campaign 43:Hampshire Regiment 425:Explorers of Asia 415:English explorers 367: 366: 314: 313: 275:978-1-84511-535-7 262:978-0-404-16517-8 206:on 23 August 2013 174:978-0-9552193-1-3 97:Order of the Bath 41:He served in the 467: 388: 381: 374: 350: 343: 335: 328: 321: 297: 290: 216: 215: 213: 211: 202:. Archived from 196: 190: 185: 475: 474: 470: 469: 468: 466: 465: 464: 395: 394: 393: 392: 340: 339: 286: 254:Rulers of Mecca 225: 220: 219: 209: 207: 198: 197: 193: 186: 182: 161: 85:Sir Andrew Ryan 73:political agent 47:First World War 12: 11: 5: 473: 463: 462: 460:Explorer stubs 457: 452: 447: 442: 437: 432: 427: 422: 417: 412: 407: 391: 390: 383: 376: 368: 365: 364: 351: 338: 337: 330: 323: 315: 312: 311: 298: 284: 283: 277: 264: 251: 245: 235:Arabia Phoenix 232: 224: 221: 218: 217: 191: 179: 178: 177: 176: 164:Eid Al Yahya, 160: 157: 149: 148: 81:official visit 69: 68: 59:Military Cross 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 472: 461: 458: 456: 453: 451: 448: 446: 443: 441: 438: 436: 433: 431: 428: 426: 423: 421: 418: 416: 413: 411: 408: 406: 403: 402: 400: 389: 384: 382: 377: 375: 370: 369: 363: 361: 357: 352: 349: 345: 344: 336: 331: 329: 324: 322: 317: 316: 310: 308: 304: 299: 296: 292: 291: 287: 281: 278: 276: 272: 268: 265: 263: 259: 255: 252: 249: 246: 244: 243:0-7103-0677-6 240: 236: 233: 230: 227: 226: 205: 201: 195: 189: 184: 180: 175: 171: 167: 163: 162: 156: 154: 147: 144: 143: 142: 140: 139:Lesley Blanch 136: 131: 127: 125: 121: 117: 113: 108: 106: 102: 98: 94: 90: 86: 82: 78: 74: 67: 64: 63: 62: 60: 56: 52: 48: 44: 39: 37: 33: 29: 25: 21: 18: 360:expanding it 353: 307:expanding it 300: 285: 279: 266: 253: 247: 234: 228: 208:. Retrieved 204:the original 194: 183: 165: 150: 145: 132: 128: 109: 70: 65: 40: 16: 15: 410:1984 deaths 405:1897 births 135:Freya Stark 399:Categories 159:References 210:22 August 116:Ibn Sa'ud 101:Ibn Sa'ud 95:with the 93:Ibn Sa'ud 61:in 1917: 32:historian 231:, (1950) 36:diplomat 28:explorer 45:in the 24:Arabist 273:  260:  241:  172:  112:Arabic 105:Riyadh 89:Riyadh 77:Kuwait 223:Works 51:Somme 356:stub 303:stub 271:ISBN 258:ISBN 239:ISBN 212:2013 170:ISBN 137:and 124:Asir 122:and 120:Nejd 34:and 103:in 87:to 83:of 75:in 401:: 38:. 30:, 26:, 20:MC 387:e 380:t 373:v 362:. 334:e 327:t 320:v 309:. 214:.

Index

MC
Arabist
explorer
historian
diplomat
Hampshire Regiment
First World War
Somme
Gallipoli Campaign
Military Cross
political agent
Kuwait
official visit
Sir Andrew Ryan
Riyadh
Ibn Sa'ud
Order of the Bath
Ibn Sa'ud
Riyadh
Arabic
Ibn Sa'ud
Nejd
Asir
Freya Stark
Lesley Blanch
Sussex Square, Brighton
ISBN
978-0-9552193-1-3
Supplement to the London Gazette, 17 July 1917
"Lesley Blanch – Biography"

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