Brian Houghton Hodgson (February 1, 1800 - May 23, 1894) was an English civil servant, ethnologist and naturalist. February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1800 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... May 23 is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (144th in leap years). ... 1894 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity...

Hodgson was born at Prestbury, Cheshire. At the age of seventeen he travelled to India as an official of the East India Company. He was sent to Katmandu in Nepal, becoming British Resident in 1833. He studied the Nepalese people, producing a number of papers on their languages, literature and religion. He also studied the zoology of the country, amassing a large collection of mammal skins which he later donated to the British Museum. He discovered a new species of antelope which was named after him, the Tibetan Antelope Pantolopus hodgsoni. He also discovered 124 species of birds which had not been described previously, 79 of which he described himself. Prestbury is a medium sized village in the heart of the Cotswolds. ... This article is about the English county. ... Kathmandu (Nepali: काठमाडौं) is the capital city of Nepal. ... The main entrance to the British Museum The British Museum is one of the worlds largest and most important museums of ancient history. ... Binomial name Pantholops hodgsonii (Abel, 1826) The Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii), also commonly called the chiru, is a medium sized antelope which is about four feet in height, native to the Tibetan plateau. ...

Hodgson resigned in 1844 and returned to England for a short period. In 1845 he settled in Darjeeling and continued his studies of the peoples of northern India. In 1858 he again returned to England and settled in the Cotswolds. The Toy Train approaching Darjeeling Darjeeling is a town in the Indian state of West Bengal and centre of the region of the same name, situated in the foothills of the Himalaya at elevations of between 2,000 and 3,000 metres above sea level. ... The Cotswolds are a range of hills in central England, sometimes called the heart of England, a hilly area reaching nearly 300 m or 1000 feet. ...