| LC control no. | nr 95039527 |
|---|---|
| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PR6011.O47 |
| Personal name heading | Forbes, Rosita |
| Variant(s) | Forbes, R. T. (Rosita Torr), 1893?-1967 Forbes, Joan Rosita Torr, 1893?-1967 Forbes, J. Rosita Torr (Joan Rosita Torr), 1893?-1967 Forbesová, J. Rosita (Joan Rosita), 1893?-1967 McGrath, Joan Rosita, 1893?-1967 Torr, Joan Rosita, 1893?-1967 |
| Associated country | Great Britain |
| Associated place | Libya Yemen Ethiopia Afghanistan |
| Located | Bermuda Islands |
| Birth date | 1893? 1890-01-16 |
| Death date | 1967 1967-06-30 |
| Place of birth | Lincoln (England) |
| Profession or occupation | Authors Travel writers Novelists |
| Found in | The secret of the Sahara, c1921: t.p. (Rosita Forbes) NUC pre-56 imprints (hdg.: Forbes, Rosita (Torr); usage: Rosita Forbes) Contemporary authors: vol. 116 (McGrath, Joan Rosita (Torr), 1895?-1967; professionally known as Rosita Forbes; b. Jan. 16, 1895 (some sources say 1893 or 1901) in England; d. 1967; her publications include novels, autobiographies, and travel books) vol. 196 (Forbes, Rosita, 1893?-1967; b. Joan Rosita Torr, Jan. 16, 1893 (some sources say 1890 or 1895); d. June 30, 1967; married Ronald Forbes, 1911; married Arthur T. McGrath, 1921; writer, traveler, novelist, lecturer) Dic. of Lit. Bio., vol. 195: p. 85 (Rosita Forbes, 16 Jan. 1893?-30 June 1967) p. 86 (year of birth varies according to source: 1890, 1893, 1895; after her second marriage continued to use her first husband's surname for professional purposes) OCLC, May 8, 2007 (hdg.: Forbes, Rosita; Forbes, Rosita,1890-1967; Forbes, Rosita,1893-1967; Forbes, Rosita Torr; Forbes, Rosita Torr, 1893- ; Forbes, Rosita (Torr); Forbes, Rosita (Torr), Mrs.; Forbes, R. T. (Rosita Torr), 1893-; Forbes, R. T., Mrs.; Forbes, Joan Rosita; Forbes, Joan Rosita Torr, Mrs.; Forbes, J. Rosita Torr; usage: Rosita Forbes; R. Forbes; J. Rosita Forbesová) Oxford dictionary of national biography (online), March 16, 2020 (Forbes, (Joan) Rosita (1890-1967); born 16 January 1890 at Riseholme Hall near Lincoln; went to India and Australia with first husband; traveled with Egyptian scholar and explorer Ahmad Hassanein Bey to the oasis of Kufra in the Libyan Desert in 1921; after second marriage she visited the Yemen in 1922; traveled in Morocco, Ethiopia (resulting in book From Red Sea to Blue Nile (1925), Afghanistan (1936); in 1939-40 the McGraths built Unicorn Cay on Eleuthera, Bahamas, which became their permanent home; she died at Warwick, Bermuda, on 30 June 1967) |
| Associated language | eng |
 |  |  |
View this record in: MARCXML | LC Authorities & Vocabularies | VIAF (Virtual International Authority File)
