Isabella Banks

Isabella Banks
Banks, c. 1888
Banks, c. 1888
BornIsabella Varley
(1821-03-25)25 March 1821
Manchester, Lancashire, England
Died4 May 1897(1897-05-04) (aged 76)
Dalston, London, England
Resting placeAbney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington, London, England
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • poet
NationalityBritish
PeriodVictorian
Notable worksThe Manchester Man
Spouse
(m. 1846; died 1881)

Isabella Banks (née Varley; 25 March 1821 – 4 May 1897), also known as Mrs G. Linnaeus Banks, was an English novelist and poet. Born in Manchester, England, Banks is most widely remembered today for her book The Manchester Man, published in 1876.