Isabella Bird
Isabella Bird | |
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| Born | Isabella Lucy Bird 15 October 1831 Boroughbridge, Yorkshire |
| Died | 7 October 1904 (aged 72) Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Resting place | Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, photographer and naturalist |
| Spouse | John Bishop (m. 1881) |
| Parent(s) | Dora Lawson, Edward Bird |
Isabella Lucy Bishop FRGS (née Bird; 15 October 1831 – 7 October 1904) 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.