A Himalayan Ornithologist: The Life and Work of Brian Houghton Hodgson

by Mark Cocker and Carol Inskipp

This book describes the ornithological work of the remarkable naturalist, scholar and administrator, Brian Houghton Hodgson. Born in 1800, Hodgson was for many years British Resident in Katmandu, where he described or collected over 120 species of birds new to science. To document his discoveries, he trained a team of Nepalese artists to produce water-color plates for a projected work on the birds of the Himalayas. Though this was never completed,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198576196
• ISBN13: 9780198576198
• Release Date: October 1988
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 134 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.6" x 10.0"