Brian Houghton Hodgson was a British diplomat, naturalist and ethnologist who spent most of his life in India and Nepal, serving as a British resident in the latter. He described numerous species of birds and mammals from the Himalayas, and several birds were named after him by others such as Edward Blyth.
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Stephen Jay GouldAlso won Silver Medal of the Zoological Society of London
Carl HagenbeckAlso won Silver Medal of the Zoological Society of London
Richard DawkinsAlso won Silver Medal of the Zoological Society of London
Charles Canning, 1st Earl CanningAlso won Silver Medal of the Zoological Society of London
David AttenboroughAlso won Silver Medal of the Zoological Society of London
Roderick Murchison, 1st BaronetAlso won Silver Medal of the Zoological Society of LondonAbout this person
Brian Houghton Hodgson was a British diplomat, naturalist and ethnologist who spent most of his life in India and Nepal, serving as a British resident in the latter. 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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