Adrian Bell

Adrian Hanbury Bell^[1] (4 October 1901 – 5 September 1980) was an English ruralist journalist and farmer, and the first compiler of The Times crossword.

^ Snell, K. D. M. (2004). "Bell, Adrian Hanbury (1901–1980), writer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/56898. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[1] Snell, K. D. M. (2004). "Bell, Adrian Hanbury (1901–1980), writer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/56898. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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