| A Himalayan Ornithologist: The Life and Work of Brian Houghton Hodgson Contributor(s): Cocker, Mark (Author), Inskipp, Carol (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198576196 ISBN-13: 9780198576198 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $85.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 1988 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology - Science | Life Sciences - Botany |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 88005146 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 7.63" W x 10" (1.21 lbs) 134 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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, the superb collection of paintings remains and is now in the possession of the Zoological Society of London. Of the plates selected for this volume, most have never been published before. |