See also:

• BRIAN (926-1014)

BRIAN See also:

• HOUGHTON, RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES, 1ST BARON (1809—1885)

HOUGHTON See also:

• BRIAN HOUGHTON HODGSON (1800-1894)

HODGSON (1800-1894)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• ADMINISTRATOR

administrator, ethnologist and naturalist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• LOWER

Lower See also:

• BEECH

Beech, Prestbury, See also:

• CHESHIRE

Cheshire, on the 1st of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1800 . His See also:

• FATHER

father, See also:

• BRIAN (926-1014)

Brian See also:

• HODGSON, BRIAN HOUGHTON (1800-1894)

Hodgson, came of a See also:

• FAMILY

family of See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country gentlemen, and his See also:

• MOTHER

mother was a daughter of See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• HOUGHTON, RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES, 1ST BARON (1809—1885)

Houghton of See also:

• MANCHESTER
• MANCHESTER (popularly Manchester-by-the-Sea)
• MANCHESTER, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Manchester . In 1816 he obtained an See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• INDIAN

Indian writership . After passing through the usual course at Haileybury, he went out to See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India in 1818, and after a brief service at See also:

• KUMAON

Kumaon as assistant-See also:

• COMMISSIONER

commissioner was in 182o appointed assistant to the See also:

• RESIDENT

Resident at See also:

• KATMANDU (less correctly KHATMMANDU)

Katmandu, the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of See also:

• NEPAL, NEPAUL

Nepal . In 1823 he obtained an under-secretaryship in the See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department at See also:

• CALCUTTA

Calcutta, but his See also:

• HEALTH

health failed, and in 1824 he returned to Nepal, to which the whole of his See also:

• LIFE

life, whether in or out of India, may be said to have been thenceforth given . He devoted himself particularly to the collection of See also:

• SANSKRIT

Sanskrit See also:

• MSS

MSS. See also:

• RELATING

relating to See also:

• BUDDHISM

Buddhism, and hardly less so to the natural See also:

• HISTORY

history and antiquities'of the country, and by 1839 had contributed eighty-nine papers to the Transactions of the See also:

• ASIATIC

Asiatic Society of See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal . His investigations of the See also:

• ETHNOLOGY

ethnology of the aboriginal tribes were especially important . In 1833 he became Resident in Nepal, and passed many stormy years in conflict with the cruel and faithless See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court to which he was accredited . He succeeded, nevertheless, in concluding a satisfactory treaty in 1839; but in 1842 his policy, which involved an imperious attitude towards the native See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, was upset by the interference of See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• ELLENBOROUGH, EDWARD LAW, 1ST BARON (1750-1818)
• ELLENBOROUGH, EDWARD LAW, EARL OF (1790-1871)

Ellenborough, but just arrived in India and not unnaturally anxious to avoid trouble in Nepal during the conflict in See also:

• AFGHANISTAN

Afghanistan . Hodgson took upon himself to disobey his instructions, a See also:

• BREACH (Mid. Eng. breche, derived from the common Teutonic root brec, which appears in " break," Ger. brechen, &c.)

breach of discipline justified to his own mind by his See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior knowledge of the situation, but which the See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general could hardly be expected to overlook . He was, nevertheless, continued in See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office for a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, but was recalled in 1843, and resigned the service . In 1845 he returned to India and settled at See also:

• DARJEELING

Darjeeling, where he devoted himself entirely to his favourite pursuits, becoming the greatest authority on the Buddhist See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion and on the See also:

• FLORA

flora of the Himalayas .

It was he who See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early suggested the recruiting of Gurkhas for the Indian See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army, and who influenced See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• JUNG, JOHANN HEINRICH (1740-1817)

Jung Bahadur to lend his assistance to the See also:

• BRITISH

British during the See also:

• MUTINY
• MUTINY (from an old verb " mutine," O. Fr. mutin, meutin, a sedition; cf. mod. Fr. emeute; the original is the Late Lat. mota, commotion, from movere, to move)

mutiny in 1857 . In 1858 he returned to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, and lived successively in Cheshire and See also:

• GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Gloucestershire, occupied with his studies to the last . He died at his seat at Alderley See also:

• GRANGE (through the A.-Fr. graunge, from the Med. Lat. granea, a place for storing grain, granum)

Grange in the Cotswold Hills on the 23rd of May 1894 . No See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man has done so much to throw See also:

• LIGHT

light on Buddhism as it exists in Nepal, and his collections of Sanskrit See also:

• MANUSCRIPTS

manuscripts, presented to the East India Office, and of natural history, presented to the British Museum, are unique as gatherings from a single country . He wrote altogether 184 philological and ethnological and 127 scientific papers, as well as some valuable See also:

• PAMPHLETS

pamphlets on native See also:

• EDUCATION

education, in which he took See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• INTEREST

interest . His See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• WORK

work, Illustrations of the Literature and Religion of Buddhists (1841), was republished with the most important of his other writings in 1872-1880 . His life was written by Sir W . W . See also:

• HUNTER, JOHN (1728-1793)
• HUNTER, ROBERT MERCER TALIAFERRO (r8o9-1887)
• HUNTER, SIR WILLIAM WILSON (1840-19oo)
• HUNTER, WILLIAM (1718–1783)
• HUNTER, WILLIAM ALEXANDER (1844-1898)

Hunter in 1896 . HODMEZO-VASARHELY, a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• HUNGARY
• HUNGARY (Hungarian Magyarorszdg)

Hungary, in the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county of Csongrad, 135 M . S.E. of See also:

• BUDAPEST

Budapest by See also:

• RAIL

rail . Pop .

(1900) 60,824. of which about two-thirds are Protestants . The town, situated on See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake Hod, not far from the right See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• TISZA, KALMAN [KOLOMAN] (1830-1902)

Tisza, has a See also:

• MODERN

modern aspect . The See also:

• SOIL

soil of the surrounding country, of which 383 sq. m. belong to the See also:

• MUNICIPALITY

municipality, is exceedingly fertile, the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief products being See also:

• WHEAT
• WHEAT (Triticum)

wheat, mangcorn, See also:

• BARLEY (Hordeum sativum)

barley, oats, See also:

• MILLET (Fr. millet; Ital. miglietto, diminutive of miglio= Lat. mille, a thousand, in allusion to its fertility)
• MILLET (or MILE), JEAN FRANCOIS (c. 1642–1679)
• MILLET, FRANCIS DAVIS (1846- )
• MILLET, JEAN FRANCOIS (1814–1875)

millet, See also:

• MAIZE, or INDIAN CORN

maize and various descriptions of See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit, especially melons . Extensive vineyards, yielding large quantities of both See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white and red grapes, skirt the town, and the horned See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle and horses of HSdmez6-Vasarhely have a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good reputation; See also:

• SHEEP
• SHEEP (from the Anglo-Saxon sceap, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; e.g. the German Schaf)

sheep and pigs are also extensively reared . The See also:

• COMMUNE (Med. Lat. communia, Lat. communis, common)
• COMMUNE, MEDIEVAL

commune is protected from inundations of the Tisza by an enormous See also:

• DIKE, or DYKE (Old Eng. dic, a word which appears in various forms in many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch dijk, German Teich, Danish dige, and in French, derived from Teutonic, digue; it is the same word as " ditch " and is ultimately connected with the ro

dike, but the town, nevertheless, sometimes suffers considerable damage during the See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring floods .