Brian Houghton Hodgson (1 February 1800 or more likely 1801 – 23 May 1894) was a pioneer naturalist and ethnologist working in British 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.
Read more about Brian Houghton Hodgson: Early Life, India, Nepal Politics, Brief Return in England, Ethnology and Anthropology, Educational Reform, Ornithology and Natural History, Selected Publications
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