James Howard Wellard (1909–1987)
Autor von The Search for the Etruscans
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au bord du volcan 1 Exemplar
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Look at Italy 1 Exemplar
A man and his journey 1 Exemplar
Night in Babylon : a novel 1 Exemplar
Woman returning 1 Exemplar
To a high mountain 1 Exemplar
Book selection : its principles and practice 1 Exemplar
Understanding the English 1 Exemplar
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- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Wellard, James Howard
- Andere Namen
- Weilade, Zhanmusi
- Geburtstag
- 1909-01-01
- Todestag
- 1987
- Begräbnisort
- Hampstead Cemetery, Fortune Green Road, London, England, UK
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- England, UK (birth)
USA (naturalized|1940) - Geburtsort
- Bermondsey, London, England, UK
- Sterbeort
- London, England, UK
- Wohnorte
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Tehran, Iran
Virginia, USA - Ausbildung
- University College London
University of Chicago (PhD) - Berufe
- journalist
university professor
librarian
war correspondent (World War II) - Organisationen
- University of Tehran
Daily Express - Preise und Auszeichnungen
- Rockefeller Fellowship (University of Chicago)
Fellow, Royal Geographical Society
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It contains a dozen chapters, each describing the search for or discovery of a particular lost city, from Sodom and Gomorrah to Tarxien. The focus is mostly on its discoverers, less so on trying to recreate the history of the inhabitants. Particularly, unsurprisingly for the author's interests, the main focus is in Arabia. With such short coverage on each it's not a detailed book but it is a good read overall and one that inspires the reader to delve further into some of them. There's also a detailed bibliography that would be of great interest to those looking at the published history of 19th century explorations.… (mehr)