"Autograph Book belonging to Susan Hodgson, Alderley Grange, Wotton under Edge" A leather bound autograph book belonging to Hodgson's wife, Susan, in which are placed certificates, diplomas, academic and personal correspondence, newspaper cuttings and extracts related to Brian Houghton Hodgson's life. Leather binding with metal clasp. The book's binding is broken and some pages are loose. Care must be taken when using this item.
Hodgson Brian Houghton 1801-1894 Indian Civil Servant, Naturalist
GB 891 BHH-BHH/1
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1817 - 1891
Part of Papers of Brian Houghton Hodgson
GB 891 BHH-BHH/1-BHH/1/192
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24th Mar 1884
Part of Papers of Brian Houghton Hodgson
Letter from Professor John Robert Seeley to Brian Houghton Hodgson to thank him for sending his volume of papers on India. He writes in agreement with Hodgson's views on education and compares this with the problem of getting Cambridge to accept a Tripos in modern European languages. Handwritten, 3 sides, dated 24 March 1884, with accompanying envelope.
Seeley John Robert 1834-1895 Essayist, historian