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GB 891 BHH-BHH/1-BHH/1/191 · File · 30th Aug 1884
Part of Papers of Brian Houghton Hodgson

News cutting from The Academy containing a T.W. Rhys Davies' review of Buddhist Birth Stories by Professor Kern of Leiden. The review mentions Hodgson generous donations of manuscripts to the learned societies of Europe. Printed material, 1 side, dated 30 August 1884.

Davids Thomas William Rhys 1843-1922 Pali language scholar
GB 891 BHH-BHH/1-BHH/1/197 · File · 30th Aug 1884
Part of Papers of Brian Houghton Hodgson

News cutting from [The Academy] containing reviews of three catalogues of Sanskrit and Chinese Buddhist manuscripts by Bunyiu Nanjio (Clarenden Press 1883), Cecil Bendall (Cambridge University Press 1883) and Rajendralal Mitra (Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta 1882). Includes reference to Buddhist texts preserved in Nepal and the translated versions of many of them in China. Printed material, 2 sides, dated 30 August 1884.

GB 891 BHH-BHH/1-BHH/1/193 · File · 5th Jan 1884
Part of Papers of Brian Houghton Hodgson

News cutting from the Athenaeum containing a list of volumes which Brian Houghton Hodgson had sent to the Vatican having been given them by the Grand Lama of Tibet. They had been confiscated from former Catholic missionaries. Printed material, 1 side, dated 5 January 1884.

Hodgson Brian Houghton 1800-1894
GB 891 BHH-BHH/1-BHH/1/186 · File · 15th Sep 1883
Part of Papers of Brian Houghton Hodgson

News cutting from The Athenaeum containing a Review of "Catalogue of Buddhist Sanskrit Manuscripts in the University Library, Cambridge", written by Cecil Bendall. This review mentions Hodgson's zeal in obtaining many of these manuscripts. Printed material, 1 side, dated 15 September 1883.

Bendall Cecil 1856-1906 Professor of Sanskrit
GB 891 BHH-BHH/1-BHH/1/187 · File · 22nd Sep 1883
Part of Papers of Brian Houghton Hodgson

News cutting from The Athenaeum containing a Review of "Tibetan Tales derived from Indian Sources" by F. Anton von Schiefner, translated by W.R.S. Ralston which mentions Ralston's tribute to Hodgson for his liberality in providing manuscripts for study. Printed material, 2 sides, dated 22 September 1883.

Ralston William Ralston Shedden 1828-1889 Russian scholar