Papers of B.H. Hodgson and His Wife

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Eng. hist. c. 262; Hodgson 9-19
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1819-1917
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 12 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Papers of B.H. Hodgson and his wife, including correspondence, diaries and photographs.

Administrative / Biographical History

Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800-1894) was an Indian civil servant and orientalist. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography. His second wife was Susan Hodgson.

Access Information

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/specialcollections).

Acquisition Information

The papers were given to the Library in 1931.

Note

Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

Other Finding Aids

M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 39894-905.

Genre/Form

Geographical Names