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James Theodore Bent

Born

in Baildon, Yorkshire, The United Kingdom

March 30, 1852

Died

May 05, 1897

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James Theodore Bent was an English explorer, archaeologist and author. He was educated at Repton School and Wadham College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1875. He went abroad every year and became thoroughly acquainted with Italy and Greece. In 1879 he published a book on the republic of San Marino, entitled A Freak of Freedom, and was made a citizen of San Marino. Bent then visited at considerable risk the almost unknown Hadramut country (1893-1894), and during this and later journeys in southern Arabia he studied the ancient history of the country, its physical features and actual condition.
Mrs. Bent, who had contributed by her skill as a photographer and in other ways to the success of her husband's journeys, published in 1900 Southern ...more

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	A Freak of Freedom;: Or, The Republic of San Marino 2.68 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1879 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Southern Arabia 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1900 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cyclades, or Life Among the Insular Greeks: First Published in 1885, a revised edition with additional material (3rdguide S) by James Theodore Bent, Gerald Brisch (Editor) 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1885 — 60 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Early Voyages and Travels in the Levant (Cambridge Library Collection - Hakluyt First Series) 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1893 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sacred City of the Ethiopians: Travels and Research in Abyssinia in 1893 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1971 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ruined Cities of Mashonaland 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Genoa: How the Republic Rose and Fell liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The life of Giuseppe Garibaldi really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Researches Among the Cyclades 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2015 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dodecanese: Further Travels Among the Insular Greeks, 1885-1888 by James Theodore Bent, Mrs. Bent, Gerald Brisch (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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