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Isabella Bird
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British traveler, writer, photographer and naturalist (1831–1904)
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Isabella Lucy Bird Bishop (1831–1904) was a British explorer, writer, naturalist, and geographer. Born in Boroughbridge, she held citizenship in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Her fields of work included photography, travel, and exploration. She was a member of the Royal Geographical Society and received the award of Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Additionally, she was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame.
Bird wrote in English and produced numerous works, including *Unbeaten tracks in Japan*, *Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains*, *Englishwoman in America*, and *Six Months in the Sandwich Islands*. Her writings are held in the collection of the National Museum of World Cultures. She died in Edinburgh and was buried in Dean Cemetery.
Synthesized by Vinony from 41 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, OpenAlex, Open Library, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1831
- Died
- 1904
- Works
- 212
Top works
- Unbeaten tracks in Japan
- Primary Sources, Historical Collections
- Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
- Englishwoman in America
- Six Months in the Sandwich Islands
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1973-07-11
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2
- Total plays
- 2
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Isabella+Bird">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Academic profile · OpenAlex
- Works
- 497
- Cited by
- 507
Research areas
Most cited works
- The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither2010 · 84 cit
- The Yangtze Valley and Beyond2010 · 52 cit
- A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains2009 · 45 cit
- Unbeaten Tracks in Japan2010 · 41 cit
- A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains1997 · 25 cit
via OpenAlex · CC0
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- 2019 ESC/EAS Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias:
<i>lipid modification to reduce cardiovascular risk</i>
· 2019 · cited 7,872x
- 2021 ESC Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice
· 2021 · cited 5,872x
- DNA methylation patterns and epigenetic memory
· 2002 · cited 5,850x
- Mutations in Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase gene are associated with familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
· 1993 · cited 5,521x
- Epigenetic regulation of gene expression: how the genome integrates intrinsic and environmental signals
· 2003 · cited 5,109x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Isabella Lucy Bird , ( 1831-10-15 ) 15 October 1831, Boroughbridge , Yorkshire
- Died
- 7 October 1904 (1904-10-07) (aged 72), Edinburgh , Scotland
- Resting place
- Dean Cemetery , Edinburgh
- Occupations
- Writer, photographer and naturalist
- Spouse
- John Bishop (m. 1881)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Isabella
- Family name
- Bishop
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Boroughbridge
- Place of death
- Edinburgh
- Occupation
- missionary
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- exploration
- Image
- Isabella Bird.jpg
Show 11 more facts
- Commons category
- Isabella Bird
- date of birth
- 1831-01-01
- date of death
- 1904-01-01
- Commons gallery
- Isabella Bird
- member of
- Royal Geographical Society
- place of burial
- Dean Cemetery
- writing language
- English language
- has works in the collection
- National Museum of World Cultures
- married name
- Isabella Lucy Bird Bishop
- Commons Creator page
- Isabella Lucy Bird Bishop
- P6944
- Isabella Bird
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Isabella Lucy Bishop FRGS (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.
Early life
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