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 Dictionary of Indian Biography G to I
| Date transcribed | 2011-04-00 | | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | | Comment | Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work. |
| | Surnames | Hodgson | | | First Name(s) | Brian Houghton | | | Year of Birth | 1800 | | | Year of Death | 1894 | | | Entry | I.C.S. : born Feb. 1, 1800 : son of Brian Hodgson, a banker : educated at Macclesfield, Richmond, and Haileybury : went to India, 1818 : after passing through the College of Fort William, Calcutta, he was Assistant Commissioner in Kumaon for 2 years, 1818-20 : Assistant Resident at Katmandu, in Nipal, 1820-9, acting Resident, 1829-31, Resident, 1833-44. He kept Nipal quiet during the first Afghan war, but Lord Ellenborough hastily removed him from Nipal, whereupon he resigned the service. While in Nipal, Hodgson studied its literature, religion and language, discovering the literature of Northern Buddhism, collecting original MSS., Tibetan and Sanskrit, which he distributed to libraries : gathering together encyclopaedic information on Nipal : he also worked at ethnology, zoology, geography. He returned to India in 1844-5 and lived at Darjeeling, to continue his researches in ethnology, and his collections : also advocated some useful practical measures, such as the enlistment of Gurkhas, hill stations for Europeans, normal colleges : finally left India in 1858 : became F.R.S. in 1877 : D.C.L. in 1889 : an honorary member of many learned Societies : received many honours by his literary attainments : universally praised by competent judges : died in London, May 23, 1894. He wrote a number of works and papers : among them Illustrations of the Literature and Religion of the Buddhists, Essays on the Languages, Literature, and Religion of Nipal and Tibet, etc. : Aborigines of India : Miscellaneous Essays relating to Indian Subjects : described by Burnouf {q.v.) as the founder of the true study of Buddhism. |
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