RIBBACH, Samuel H.

RIBBACH, Samuel Heinrich. Hebron, Labrador 10.2.1863 — 31.5.1943. German Missionary. In 1892-1913 served Moravian Mission in Lahul and later in Leh, Ladakh, to 1927. Back in Germany worked worked in Museum für Völkerkunde in Hamburg.

Publications: An den Grenzen Tibets Bilder aus der Himalaya-Mission der Brüdergemeine. Herrnhut 1900, 2nd ed. 64 p. Herrnhut 1925.

– Vier Bilder des Padmasambhava und seiner Gefolgschaft. 53 p. 5 pl. 69 ill.Mitteilungen aus d. Museum f. Völkerkunde in Hamburg 5, Hamburg 1917.

– Drogpa Namgyal. Ein Tibeterleben. 263 p. 30 fig. Munich 1940 (semifictional biography of a Ladakhi farmer).

– Culture and Society in Ladakh. New Delhi 1940, repr. 207 p. 1986.

Sources: Stray notes in Internet.

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