Christopher Pemberton Hodgson
Christopher Pemberton Hodgson (1821–1865) was an English traveller and writer.
Life
He was the son of Edward Hodgson, vicar of Rickmansworth, and his third wife Charlotte Pemberton.[1][2]
Hodgson emigrated from England to New South Wales in 1840. He remained in Australia for five years, and accompanied several exploring expeditions into the interior.[3] He observed the grass burning on the Darling Downs.[4] After a short stay in England he travelled through Egypt and Abyssinia, made two journeys to Arabia, and visited Ceylon.[3]
From 15 October 1851 to 17 March 1855 Hodgson acted as unpaid vice-consul at Pau, in south-west France, where he interested himself in local history and antiquities. He subsequently was appointed vice-consul at Caen, where he remained for two years.[3]
On 18 June 1859 Hodgson became officiating consul at Nagasaki, Japan. In October of that year he moved to Hakodate, where he had charge of French as well as English interests. He remained in Japan till March 1861.[3]
Hodgson then resided mainly at Pau, where he died on 11 October 1865.[3]
Works
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Hodgson wrote the following, all published in London:[3][5]
- Reminiscences of Australia, with Hints on the Squatters' Life (1846)[6]
- El Ydaiour: a Book of Eastern Travel (1849)[7]
- The Wanderer and other Poems (1849), verse
- Pyrenaica; a History of the Viscounts of Béarn to the Death of Henry IV, with a Life of that Monarch (1855)
- A Residence at Nagasaki and Hakodate in 1859–1861, with an Account of Japan generally (1861), dedicated to Joseph Hooker, who wrote an appendix on Japanese plants.[8]
Family
Hodgson was married, and his wife had letters in Residence at Nagasaki and Hakodate.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b Baigent, Elizabeth. "Hodgson, Christopher Pemberton". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/13434. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Hodgson, Edward (HG793E2)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ a b c d e f Lee, Sidney, ed. (1891). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 27. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Penny Olsen (2007). Glimpses of Paradise: The Quest for the Beautiful Parrakeet. National Library Australia. p. 116. ISBN 978-0-642-27652-0.
- ^ Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the Faculty of Advocates ... W. Blackwood and sons. 1874. p. 804.
- ^ Christopher Pemberton Hodgson (1846). Reminiscences of Australia, with Hints on the Squatter's Life. W.vN. Wright.
- ^ Christopher Pemberton Hodgson (1849). El Ydaiour.
- ^ Jozef Rogala (12 October 2012). A Collector's Guide to Books on Japan in English: An Annotated List of Over 2500 Titles with Subject Index. Routledge. p. 92. ISBN 978-1-136-63923-4.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1891). "Hodgson, Christopher Pemberton". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 27. London: Smith, Elder & Co.