James Horst Brunnemann Bell


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From United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Date of birth 1896
Date of death 1975
Age between 78 and 80 years old
Gender Male
Groups
Scottish Mountaineering Club Member 1928–1931
Member 1935–1949
Member 1951–1959

Industrial chemist (DSc, Edinburgh) and the leading Scottish mountaineer of the 1930s and 1940s. He made some 70 new routes, including the Long Climb on the Orion Face of Ben Nevis with J. D. B. Wilson in 1940, and edited the Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal from 1936 to 1959. [1] [2]

References

[1] Obituary in SMCJ Number 167 - Vol 31 - 1976 /library/7073/smcj-number-167---vol-31---1976

[2] Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._H._B._Bell

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16 contributions since 10th October 2026.

Quick Info

From United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Date of birth 1896
Date of death 1975
Age between 78 and 80 years old
Gender Male
Groups
Scottish Mountaineering Club Member 1928–1931
Member 1935–1949
Member 1951–1959

Industrial chemist (DSc, Edinburgh) and the leading Scottish mountaineer of the 1930s and 1940s. He made some 70 new routes, including the Long Climb on the Orion Face of Ben Nevis with J. D. B. Wilson in 1940, and edited the Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal from 1936 to 1959. [1] [2]

References

[1] Obituary in SMCJ Number 167 - Vol 31 - 1976 /library/7073/smcj-number-167---vol-31---1976

[2] Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._H._B._Bell

Contributors
16 contributions since 10th October 2026.

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