Rosita Forbes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Rosita Forbes

British writer and explorer

Date of Birth: 16-Jan-1890

Place of Birth: Lincoln, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 30-Jun-1967

Profession: travel writer, novelist, explorer

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Rosita Forbes, née Joan Rosita Torr, (16 January 1890 – 30 June 1967) was an English travel writer, novelist and explorer.
In 1920–1921 she was the first European woman to visit the Kufra Oasis in Libya (together with the Egyptian explorer Ahmed Hassanein), in a period when this was closed to Westerners.