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Katharine Woolley


Born
Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, The United Kingdom
Died
November 08, 1945

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Genre
Fiction, Archaeology


Katharine Elizabeth, Lady Woolley (née Menke; June 1888 – 8 November 1945) was a British military nurse and archaeologist who worked principally at the Mesopotamian site of Ur. She was married to archaeologist Sir Charles Leonard Woolley.

She was born in Birmingham, England in June 1888 to German parents. Her father was Carl Menke, a Consul for Germany. She studied Modern History at Somerville College in Oxford, but did not complete her education there due to health problems.

She was friend of Agatha Christie, and was the inspiration for the character Louise Leidner in the novel Murder in Mesopotamia.

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Adventure Calls
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