![]() In 1832, Reverend Bird was appointed curate in Maidenhead. īird moved several times during her childhood. Her paternal grandparents were Lucy Wilberforce Bird and Robert Bird (cousins). Her parents were Rev Edward Bird and his second wife, Dora Lawson (1803–1866). ![]() Early life īird was born on 15 October 1831 in Boroughbridge Hall, Yorkshire, the home of her maternal grandmother and her father's first curacy after taking orders in 1821. She was also the first woman to be elected as a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Alongside fellow Englishwoman Fanny Jane Butler, she founded the John Bishop Memorial Hospital in Srinagar in modern-day Kashmir. ![]() Isabella Lucy Bishop FRGS ( née Bird 15 October 1831 – 7 October 1904) was an English explorer, writer, photographer and naturalist. ![]()
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