Freya Madeline Stark
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British travel writer (1893-1993)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1893-01-31 ) 31 January 1893, Paris , French Third Republic
- Died
- 9 May 1993 (1993-05-09) (aged 100), Asolo , Veneto , Italy
- Occupations
- Explorer, travel writer
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Freya
- Family name
- Stark
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Paris
- Place of death
- Asolo
- Spouse
- Stewart Perowne
- Occupation
- mountaineer
- Educated at
- Royal Holloway, University of London
- Languages spoken
- French
- Field of work
- essay
- Sport
- mountaineering
- Image
- Dame Freya Madeline Stark (1923).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1893-01-31
- date of death
- 1993-05-09
- name in native language
- Freya Madeline Stark
- start of work period
- 1927-00-00
- Commons category
- Freya Stark
- birth name
- Freya Madeline Stark
- subject has role
- centenarian
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Dame Freya Madeline Stark DBE (31 January 1893 – 9 May 1993) was a British-Italian explorer and travel writer. She wrote more than two dozen books on her travels in the Middle East and Afghanistan as well as several autobiographical works and essays. She was one of the first non-Arabs known to travel through the southern Arabian Desert in modern times.
Early life and studies
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