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GB 891 BHH-BHH/5-BHH/5/20-BHH/5/20/1 · Item · 23rd Mar 1866
Part of Papers of Brian Houghton Hodgson

Extract of Letter from Brian Houghton Hodgson to Sir Frederic Currie in which he writes about being awarded the Star of the Legion d'Honneur for his work on Buddhism and his liberality in donation in making available the "riches of this new mine" to French scholars. He writes that his work has also been published in English journals and copies of works discovered were sent to London and Oxford before being sent to France. Handwritten, 4 sides, dated 23 March 1866.

Hodgson Brian Houghton 1800-1894 Orientalist