Brian Houghton Hodgson
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1800 – 1894
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Who was Brian Houghton Hodgson?
Brian Houghton Hodgson was a pioneer naturalist and ethnologist working in India and Nepal where he was a British civil servant. He described numerous species of birds and mammals from the Himalayas, and several birds were named after him by others such as Edward Blyth. He was a scholar of Tibetan Buddhism and wrote extensively on a range of topics relating to linguistics and religion. He was an opponent of the British proposal to introduce English as the official medium of instruction in Indian schools.
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- Born
- Feb 1, 1800
Cheshire - Also known as
- Ходжсон, Брайан Хьютон
- Education
- Haileybury and Imperial Service College
- Lived in
- Prestbury
- Died
- May 23, 1894
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on July 23, 2013
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