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David Waterhouse

The Origins of Himalayan Studies

Brian Houghton Hodgson in Nepal and Darjeeling. Sprachen: Englisch. 23,4 cm / 15,6 cm / 1,7 cm ( B/H/T )
Buch (Softcover), 322 Seiten
EAN 9780415650588
Veröffentlicht Dezember 2014
Verlag/Hersteller Routledge
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Beschreibung

Brian Hodgson lived in Nepal from 1820 to 1843 during which time he wrote and published extensively on Nepalese culture, religion, natural history, architecture, ethnography and linguistics. Specialist contributors critically examine Hodgson's life and his achievements.

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David Waterhouse was raised during his early years in Portsmouth, UK, and attended Southern Grammar School for Boys. On leaving school, he attended Highbury Catering College, graduating with City and Guilds to start his career in catering and hospitality. He joined large catering companies, eventually rising to the position of area catering manager, and eventually becoming operations director. He moved to Wales in 1994 settling in Aberdare before eventually moving to Carmarthen in order to run a small inn in a village called Caio. He is currently living in Cyprus, having moved there from Carmarthenshire in 2019.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations  Preface  Acknowledgements  Abbreviations and Technical Note  Details of Contributors  Foreword  1. Brian Hodgson - A Biographical Sketch  2. The Political Role of Brian Hodgson  3. Brian Hodgson - The Unsung Story  4. The Ambivalent Exegete - Hodgson's Contribution to the Study of Buddhism  5. The Architectural Monuments of Buddhism - Hodgson and the Buddhist Architecture of the Kathmandu Valley  Appendix - B.H.Hodgson's Essay: Architectural Illustrations of Buddhism  6. Zoology Amuses Me Much  7. Brian Hodgson and the Mammals and other Animals of Nepal  8. A Pioneer of Himalayan Ornithology  9. Hodgson, Hooker and the Himalayan Frontier  10. Brian Hodgson as Ethnographer and Ethnologist  11. Hodgson's Tibeto-Burman and Tibeto-Burman Today  12. Hodgson's Legacy  Bibliography  Index

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