Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Isabella Bird across 3 places, from 1831 to 1904.
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Isabella Lucy Bishop (15 October 1831 – 7 October 1904) was an English explorer, writer, photographer and naturalist.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Isabella Bird was documented, and when
15 October 1831exact date
Boroughbridgeattested“Isabella Bird was born on 15 October 1831 at Boroughbridge Hall in Yorkshire.”source: Wikipedia: Isabella Bird
1854year
United Statesattested“In 1854, in her early twenties, Bird travelled to the United States with relatives, marking the beginning of her life of travel.”source: Wikipedia: Isabella Bird
7 October 1904exact date
Moroccoattested“A few months after returning from a trip to Morocco, Bird fell ill and died at her home on 16 Melville Street, Edinburgh on 7 October 1904.”source: Wikipedia: Isabella Bird
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1832year
Maidenheadmentioned“In 1832, the family relocated to Maidenhead, and two years later to Tattenhall in Cheshire, where her sister Henrietta was born.”source: Wikipedia: Isabella Bird
1832year
Tattenhallmentioned“In 1832, the family relocated to Maidenhead, and two years later to Tattenhall in Cheshire, where her sister Henrietta was born.”source: Wikipedia: Isabella Bird
1832year
Cheshirementioned“In 1832, the family relocated to Maidenhead, and two years later to Tattenhall in Cheshire, where her sister Henrietta was born.”source: Wikipedia: Isabella Bird
1842year
St Thomas'smentioned“In 1842, they moved again to St Thomas's in Birmingham after her father's opposition to Sunday labour led to a decline in his congregation.”source: Wikipedia: Isabella Bird
1842year
Birminghammentioned“In 1842, they moved again to St Thomas's in Birmingham after her father's opposition to Sunday labour led to a decline in his congregation.”source: Wikipedia: Isabella Bird
1848year
Huntingdonshirementioned“A further move followed in 1848, when the family lived for a time in Eastbourne before settling in Wyton in Huntingdonshire (now Cambridgeshire).”source: Wikipedia: Isabella Bird
1848year
Eastbournementioned“A further move followed in 1848, when the family lived for a time in Eastbourne before settling in Wyton in Huntingdonshire (now Cambridgeshire).”source: Wikipedia: Isabella Bird
1856year
Americamentioned“The letters she wrote during this journey formed the basis of her first book, An Englishwoman in America (1856), published by John Murray.”source: Wikipedia: Isabella Bird
1872year
Australiamentioned“Bird left Britain again in 1872, going initially to Australia, which she disliked, and then to Hawaii (known in Europe as the Sandwich Islands), her love for which prompted her second book (published three years later).”source: Wikipedia: Isabella Bird
1872year
Hawaiimentioned“Bird left Britain again in 1872, going initially to Australia, which she disliked, and then to Hawaii (known in Europe as the Sandwich Islands), her love for which prompted her second book (published three years later).”source: Wikipedia: Isabella Bird
1873year
Rocky Mountainsmentioned“Dressed practically and riding not sidesaddle but frontwards like a man (though she threatened to sue the Times for saying she dressed like one), she covered over 800 miles in the Rocky Mountains in 1873.”source: Wikipedia: Isabella Bird
February 1878month
Japanmentioned“She became interested in Japan through John Francis Campbell's "My Circular Notes, 1876", and asked the advice of Colin Alexander McVean, former chief surveyor of Japan's Survey Office, in February 1878, then went travelling again, this…”source: Wikipedia: Isabella Bird
February 1889month
Indiamentioned“Arriving on the subcontinent in February 1889, Bird visited missions in India, visited Ladakh on the borders of Tibet, and then travelled in Iran, Kurdistan, and Turkey.”source: Wikipedia: Isabella Bird
February 1889month
Iranmentioned“Arriving on the subcontinent in February 1889, Bird visited missions in India, visited Ladakh on the borders of Tibet, and then travelled in Iran, Kurdistan, and Turkey.”source: Wikipedia: Isabella Bird
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