Colin Smith (lepidopterist)

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Colin Philip Smith
Born1936
London
NationalityBritish
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
Scientific career
FieldsLepidopterist
Natural history
InstitutionsAnnapurna Natural History Museum

Colin Philip Smith is a British Nepali lepidopterist who is widely known as "Putali Bajey" (Nepali language: पुतली बाजे ) or "Butterfly Grandad" in Nepal.[1][2] He has spent more than 50 years while studying the butterfly fauna of Nepal.[3] He is the author of the several books on butterflies of Nepal.[4][5][6]He visited Nepal in 1966 as a teacher under a United Mission to Nepal program. Smith has taught some of the most popular Nepali personalities like Baburam Bhattarai and Upendra Devkota at the start of his career. [7][8]

In 2019, Nepal government granted him the honorary citizenship of Nepal for his achievements as well as international reputation. [4][5][8][9]. He is the second person to receive the honor after Sir Edmund Hillary and followed by Um Hong Gil.[9][10]

References

  1. "The delicate beauty of Nepal's butterflies". OnlineKhabar. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  2. "'पुतली बाजे' अब सम्मानार्थ नेपाली". DeshSanchar. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  3. "Birds and Butterfly Research". Namaste Nepal. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Putali Baje obliged with Nepali citizenship". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "पुतली बाजे and the metaphor of metamorphosis". NepaliTimes. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  6. "Butterflies in Nepal". Inside Himalayas. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  7. "पुतली बाजे: 'पुतली खोज्दै आएँ, नेपाली नागरिक भएर मर्न मन छ'". BBCNews. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  8. 8.0 8.1 "British national 'Putalibaje' receives citizenship of Nepal". South Asia Time. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  9. 9.0 9.1 "British national Putalibaje to receive honorary citizenship". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  10. "Korean philanthropist Um Hong Gil gets honorary citizenship". South Asia Time. Retrieved 10 September 2021.

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