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Brian Houghton Hodgson
British diplomat and naturalist (1800/1801–1894) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Brian Houghton Hodgson (1 February 1800 or more likely 1801[1] – 23 May 1894[2]) was a pioneer naturalist and ethnologist working in India and Nepal where he was a British Resident. 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 Newar 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 | (1800-02-01)1 February 1800 (but see text) |
Died | 23 May 1894(1894-05-23) (aged 94) London |
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