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Afaf Lutfi al-Sayyid Marsot
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LOCATION: Los Angeles, CA, United States

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Professor of History, University of California, Los Angeles. Author of Egypt and Cromer.

Primary Contributions (1)
Lord Cromer, detail of an oil painting by John Singer Sargent, 1902; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Evelyn Baring, 1st earl of Cromer was a British administrator and diplomat whose 24-year rule in Egypt as British agent and consul general (1883–1907) profoundly influenced Egypt’s development as a modern state. Born of a family distinguished in politics and banking, Evelyn Baring received his…
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