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Isabella Bird

1831 - 1904

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Isabella Lucy Bishop (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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Isabella Bird is the 150th most popular explorer (down from 128th in 2019), the 1,374th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,065th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular British Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Isabella Bird ranks 150 out of 498. Before her are Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, Gan Ying, Samuel Wallis, Semyon Dezhnev, Adam Johann von Krusenstern, and Jean Chardin. After her are Rodrigo de Triana, Vladimir Arsenyev, Alexandrine Tinné, João da Nova, Ahmad ibn Rustah, and Scylax of Caryanda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1831, Isabella Bird ranks 32. Before her are Albert Anker, Peter Tait, Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia, Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria, Constantin Meunier, and Princess Charlotte of Prussia. After her are Siegfried Marcus, Ludvig Nobel, Nikolai Ge, Othniel Charles Marsh, Paul Durand-Ruel, and Maurice de Hirsch. Among people deceased in 1904, Isabella Bird ranks 32. Before her are Norodom of Cambodia, Mathilde Bonaparte, Alfred von Waldersee, Georges Gilles de la Tourette, Nikolay Bobrikov, and María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias. After her are Kartini, Antonio Labriola, Isabelle Eberhardt, Mór Jókai, Clemens Winkler, and Herbert von Bismarck.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Isabella Bird ranks 1,374 out of 8,785. Before her are Mark Strong (1963), John Toshack (1949), George Fox (1624), Glenn Tipton (1947), Ælfthryth, wife of Edgar (940), and David Tomlinson (1917). After her are John Christie (1899), Daniel Radcliffe (1989), Jimmy Savile (1926), Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1763), Ælfheah of Canterbury (954), and Charlotte Gainsbourg (1971).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Isabella Bird ranks 23. Before her are Thomas Cavendish (1560), George Vancouver (1757), Mary Kingsley (1862), Ranulph Fiennes (1944), Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet (1764), and Samuel Wallis (1728). After her are Martin Frobisher (1535), Edward Wilson (1872), Matthew Flinders (1774), John Marshall (1748), James Bruce (1730), and Alexander Mackenzie (1764).

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