Parlby, Fanny Parkes
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Name (Latin)
Parlby, Fanny Parkes
Other forms of name
Parkes, Fanny
Parks, Fanny
Date of birth
1794-12-08
Date of death
1875-12-21
Gender
female
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Sources of Information
- Wanderings of a pilgrim in search of the picturesque, 2001:CIP t.p. (Fanny Parkes)
- Data base, 01-27-01:(hdg.: Parlby, Fanny Parkes)
- Wanderings of a pilgrim in search of the picturesque, 1975:v. 1, t.p. (Fanny Parks) p. v (b. 8 Dec. 1794, at Conway, Wales, the daughter of Capt. William Archer and his wife Anne) p. vi (Frances Susannah (Fanny)) p. vii (d. London, 21 Dec. 1875)
Wikipedia description:
Fanny Parkes or Parks (née Frances Susanna Archer) (1794–1875) was a travel writer from Wales, known for her extensive journals about colonial India, where she lived for 24 years. These are recorded in her memoirs Wanderings of a Pilgrim in Search of the Picturesque. in which she acknowledged authorship only by a signature in Urdu script. In 1970, extracts from her memoirs, Begums, Thugs and White Mughals, became available for the first time since their original appearance in 1850. The first biography, by Barbara Eaton, Fanny Parks: Intrepid Memsahib, appeared in 2018.
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