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Fanny Parkes

British travel writer on India (1794-1875) · Writers · Died at 81

Fanny Parkes or Parks (1794-1875) was a travel writer from Wales, known for her extensive journals about colonial India, where she lived for 24 years. These are recorded in her memoirs Wanderings of a Pilgrim in Search of the Picturesque. in which she acknowledged authorship only by a signature in Urdu script.

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In 1970, extracts from her memoirs, Begums, Thugs and White Mughals, became available for the first time since their original appearance in 1850. The first biography, by Barbara Eaton, Fanny Parks: Intrepid Memsahib, appeared in 2018.

Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1794 to 1875 · aged 81