E. Wilhelmina Ness
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Biography
Elizabeth Wilhelmina Ness, who wrote as Mrs Patrick Ness or E. Wilhelmina Ness (1881-1962) was an English traveller. She was the first female Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and the first woman to be elected to the RGS Council. In 1953 she endowed an annual award to encourage travel, the Ness Award.