David MacDonald (born

Darjeeling Darjeeling (, , ) is a town and municipality in the northernmost region of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located in the Eastern Himalayas, it has an average elevation of . To the west of Darjeeling lies the easternmost province of Nepal, ...

) was an author and Tibetologist. He was the British Trade Agent in

Tibet Tibet (; ''Böd''; ) is a region in East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are some other ethnic groups such as Monpa people, ...

for twenty years.

Publications

* ''The Land of The Lama'' (1929) * ''Touring in Sikkim and Tibet'' (1930) * ''Twenty Years In Tibet'' (1932)

References

British military personnel of the British expedition to Tibet Tibetologists 1870 births Year of death missing {{UK-writer-stub