Isabella Bird
British traveler, writer, photographer and naturalist (1831-1904) · Writers · Died at 72
Isabella Lucy Bishop was an English explorer, writer, photographer and naturalist. Alongside fellow Englishwoman Fanny Jane Butler, she founded the John Bishop Memorial Hospital in Srinagar in modern-day Kashmir. She was also the first woman to be elected as a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
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Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1831 to 1904 · aged 72
