Ellen Tanner’s Persia: A Museum Legacy Rediscovered

Ellen Georgiana Tanner (1847–1937) was among the first British women to travel solo in Persia and Mesopotamia. A published author elected to the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) in 1913, this article examines Tanner’s reputation in her day versus her subsequent lack of recognition. In 1894, aged for...

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Main Author: Catrin Jones
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2021-01-01
Series:19 : Interdisciplinary Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century
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Online Access:http://19.bbk.ac.uk/article/id/3345/