Download or read book The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither. (1883) by Isabella L. Bird written by Isabella L. Bird and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-04-04 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Isabella Lucy Bird, married name Bishop FRGS (15 October 1831 - 7 October 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 Rev Edward Bird BA (1794-1858) and his second wife, Dora Lawson (1803-1866).Boroughbridge was her father's first curacy after taking orders in 1830, and it was here he met Dora.