Lucy Walker

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Lucy Walker was a pioneering 19th-century British mountaineer renowned as one of the first prominent women in Alpine climbing, including being the first woman to summit the Matterhorn.

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instanceOf British person
mountaineer
pioneer of women’s mountaineering
activeInPeriod 19th century
climbed Aletschhorn
Balmhorn
Bishorn
Breithorn
Dent Blanche
Dom
Eiger
Lyskamm
Matterhorn
Monte Rosa
Piz Bernina
Täschhorn
Weisshorn
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1836-04-10
dateOfDeath 1916-09-10
describedAs pioneering 19th-century British mountaineer
fieldOfWork Alpine climbing
gender female
hasBrother Horace Walker
hasFamilyName Walker
hasFather Frank Walker
hasGivenName Lucy
influenced development of women’s mountaineering
knownFor being one of the first prominent women in Alpine climbing
being the first woman to summit the Matterhorn
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Alpine Club (London) associate circle
linked to: Alpine Club
nationality British
notableAchievement first female ascent of the Matterhorn in 1871
one of the earliest women to climb many major Alpine 4,000-metre peaks
occupation mountaineer
placeOfActivity Alps
Switzerland
Zermatt
placeOfBirth British North America
linked to: British America

Canada
placeOfDeath England
Liverpool
United Kingdom
relative Frank Walker
Horace Walker
residence England
Liverpool

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Alpine Club hasNotableMember Lucy Walker