Sarah Belzoni [née Banne]

(1783-1870)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Belzoni, Mrs. (Sarah), 1783-1870 DNB: Belzoni, Sarah (1783-1870), traveller LBT ID: SaBelzo1870 VIAF ID: 78322083 LOC ID: no00037137	B/BAP: 1783 DIED: 1870-01-12
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Born in Bristol, in 1803 she married the Italian Egyptologist Giovanni Belzoni and accompanied him on his travels; she spent her later years in Belgium and in 1851 was granted a civil-list pension.
REFERENCES TO Sarah Belzoni [née Banne]: Morgan, Lady (Sydney), 1783-1859, Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863) Chapter XXII Found 1: ¶ 10 Chapter XXIII Found 1: ¶ 5