John Francis Whelpton (born 24 March 1950)^[1] is a historian and linguist and a specialist in the history of Nepal about which he has written a number of books.^[2]

Selected publications

• Jang Bahadur in Europe: The First Nepalese Mission to the West. Sahayogi Press, Kathmandu, 1983.
• Nepal. Clio Press, Santa Barbara, 1990.
• Nepal: Bibliography. 1990. (World bibliographical series)
• Kings, Soldiers, and Priests: Nepalese Politics and the Rise of Jang Bahadur Rana, 1830-1857, Manohar Publications, New Delhi, 1991. ISBN 8185425647
• Nationalism and Ethnicity in a Hindu State: The Politics of Culture in Contemporary Nepal. 1996. (Studies in Anthropology and History) (With David N. Gellner)
• Nationalism and Ethnicity in a Hindu Kingdom: The Politics of Culture in Contemporary Nepal. Harwood Academic Publishers, Amsterdam, 1997. (Editor)
• People, Politics & Ideology: Democracy and Social Change in Nepal. Mandala Book Point, Kathmandu, 1999.
• A History of Nepal. University of Cambridge Press, Cambridge, 2005. ISBN 0521804701
• Celebrating 50 Years of VSO in Nepal. 2014. (With Anne Seymour)
• The Other Side of the Hill: Learning Cantonese as a Second Language in Hong Kong. 2017.