Björn Bergenholtz
(former alias "Calalp")
David Waterhouse, in: The Origins of Himalayan Studies. Brian Houghton Hodgson in Nepal and Darjeeling 1820–1858 (2004):
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Here or here.There is some uncertainty over Hodgson’s date of birth. This is given as 1 February 1800 in W.W. Hunter and all subsequent references – however, Hodgson himself, writing his biographical memoir in 1868, gives 1801 as his birth date. This date was also given by Susan Hodgson, his second wife, writing her account of the family history towards the end of his life. As he was christened on 28 November 1801 in Macclesfield this suggests that the later date is more likely. The date of his entry to Haileybury is also significant. Hodgson records that he was granted a special licence to enter Haileybury under age in February 1816 – with a birth date in February 1801 this would have made him just fifteen on entry. Hudson remarks in his biography that the normal age of entry was seventeen – however the prospectus of the College, issued in 1806, mentions entry at the age of fifteen. Of Hodgson’s direct contemporaries at Haileybury it seems, where one can deduce the year of birth, that normal entry was in the sixteenth year. This strengthens the case for an 1801 birth date for Hodgson. [p.1]
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