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


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About Fanny Parkes

  • 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.

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