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Among the Tibetans (1894) (Illustrated) by Isabella Bird

Among the Tibetans (1894) (Illustrated) by Isabella Bird

Bird, Isabella

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General Fiction

ISBN10: 1523388471
ISBN13: 9781523388479
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Jan 13 2016
Pages: 64
Weight: 0.38
Height: 0.13 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Isabella Lucy Bird married name Bishop (1831 - 1904) was a nineteenth-century English 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 Bird was born on 15 October 1831 at Boroughbridge Hall, Yorkshire, the home of her maternal grandmother. Her parents were the Reverend Edward Bird and his second wife Dora Lawson.[1] Isabella moved several times during her childhood. Boroughbridge was her father's first curacy after taking orders in 1830, and it was here he met Dora. In 1832, Reverend Bird was appointed curate in Maidenhead where Isabella's brother, Edward was born and died in his first year.

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