Fanny Parkes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Fanny Parkes

British travel writer on India

Date of Birth: 08-Dec-1794

Place of Birth: Conwy, Wales, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 21-Dec-1875

Profession: writer, author

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Fanny Parks or Parkes (née Frances Susanna Archer) (1794–1875) was a travel writer from Wales.
She is known for keeping extensive journals about colonial India, where she lived for twenty-four years.
These are recorded in her memoirs Wanderings of a Pilgrim in Search of the Picturesque..
In 1970, extracts from her memoirs, Begums Thugs and White Mughals, became available for the first time since their original publication in 1850..
The first biography, by Barbara Eaton, Fanny Parks: Intrepid Memsahib, was published in 2018.