Author: Isabella L. Bird
Alternate names: Isabella L. Bird Bishop; Isabella Bishop; Isabella L Bird
Born: 1831
Died: 1904
Bio: 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.