Isabella Lucy Bird, married name Bishop FRGS (15 October 1831 – 7 October 1904), was a nineteenth-century British explorer, writer, photographer, and naturalist. With Fanny Jane Butler she founded the John Bishop Memorial hospital in Srinagar. She was the first woman to be elected Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
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15 October 1831 Boroughbridge, Yorkshire, England
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Died |
7 October 1904 (aged 72) Neville Street, Edinburgh, Scotland
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Zodiac | Libra |
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