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Jane (Trill) van Gelder

Best known for a single, unusual Victorian work on ancient Egypt, this little-known author blended biblical interpretation with a confident curiosity about the pyramids. Her surviving record is slim, which gives the book an extra air of mystery.

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The Storehouses of the King; Or, the Pyramids of Egypt What They Are and Who Built Them

The Storehouses of the King; Or, the Pyramids of Egypt What They Are and Who Built Them

by Jane (Trill) van Gelder

About the author

Jane (Trill) van Gelder is credited as the author of The Storehouses of the King; Or, the Pyramids of Egypt: What They Are, and Who Built Them, published in 1885. Library and catalog records identify her as Jane van Gelder, née Trill, and modern public-domain listings suggest that this is the work by which she is chiefly remembered.

Beyond that, reliable biographical details are scarce in the sources available online. No well-supported reference page with a fuller life story turned up in this search, so it is safest to describe her as a little-documented nineteenth-century writer whose known work connects biblical themes with ancient Egyptian history.

That scarcity can be part of the interest: van Gelder's book survives, is still cataloged and read in digital archives, and offers a glimpse of how some Victorian-era writers tried to weave religion, archaeology, and popular history into a single narrative.