Anne Olivier Bell

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Anne Olivier Bell

BornAnne Olivier Popham
(1916-06-22)June 22, 1916
London
DiedJuly 18, 2018(2018-07-18) (aged 102)[1]
Firle, East Sussex
OccupationArt scholar, editor
NationalityEnglish
Period1945—1947 (Monuments Men); 1972–1984 (editor)
SubjectBloomsbury group
SpouseQuentin Bell (b. 1910, d. 1996)
RelativesVirginia Nicholson (daughter)
Cressida Bell (daughter)
Julian Bell (son)[1]

Anne Olivier Bell (née Popham; 22 June 1916 – 18 July 2018) was an art scholar. She was part of the Bloomsbury Group. She was best known for editing the diaries of Virginia Woolf. As a member of the Monuments Men, she was responsible for the protection of cultural artefacts in Europe during the Second World War.

Bell died on 18 July 2018 in Firle, East Sussex, aged 102.[1]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Charles Saumarez Smith (19 July 2018). "Anne Olivier Bell obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 July 2018.

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