HARTMAN, Sven Samuel. Högbo, Gävleborgs län 22.6.1917 — Balma (Haute-Garonne), France 2.4.1988. Swedish Scholar of Comparative Religion. Professor in Åbo (Turku) and Lund. Son of Lieutenant-Colonel Carl August Hartman (1881–1959) and Anna Victoria Karlsson, both of The Salvation Army. Matriculation from Stockholm in 1937, studies at Uppsala (M.A. 1944, M.Th.…
HARTING, Peter (Pieter Nicolaus Ubbo). Batavia (Jakarta) 15.1.1892 — Amsterdam 11.8.1970. Dutch Indologist and Linguist (English). After Gymnasium in Amersfoort studied at Utrecht (1918 M.A. in Dutch), in Indology student of Caland. Ph.D. 1922 Utrecht. In 1920-23 Reader in Dutch at University of London, also at Bedford College for Women,…
HART, Eric George. Mangalore 6.2.1878 — 8.10.1946. British Colonial Officer in India, then Professor in Dublin. Son of Henry Hart, M.B.E. Educated at Victoria College in Jersey and at Wellington College. Joined the army and in 1900-01 served in China, 1901-02 in Makran, 1904 in Aden, in 1906 joined Indian…
HARRY, Joseph Edward. Harford Co., MD 1.10.1863 — New York 12.8.1949. U.S. Classical (Greek) Scholar also interested in Modern Languages and Sanskrit. Professor in Georgetown, Cincinnati and Columbia. Son of David Harry (1829–1903) and Maria Jane Warner. A quaker. Educated at Johns Hopkins (A.B. 1886, Ph.D. 1889), in 1887 further…
HARRISON, Max Hunter. Victoria, co. Knox, Illinois 24.12.1893 — Auburndale, co. Middlesex, Mass. 20.2.1986. Rev. U.S. Missionary in India. Son of Jacob Hunter Harrison (1841–1917) and Ellen Wilmetta Levalley. Studied mathematics and Greek at Knox College (B.A. 1913), then at Andower Newton Theological School (B.Th. 1916) and Harvard Divinity School…
HARRISON, Hugh. Dublin 27.5.1870 — Barnstaple, Devon 17.11.1944. British (Irish) Colonial Officer in India. Lieutenant-colonel. Son of Michael Harrison (1823–1895) and Sophia Mary Stronge. Back in England he was in 1924-28 Lecturer in Hindi and Marathi at Caius College in Cambridge. Married 1876 Laura Elizabeth Shuttleworth (1874–1951), one son and…
HARRIS, E. B. 1??? — 1???. British Railway Engineer in India. During the railway construction in 1862 in Bihar he discovered the Sultanganj bronze Buddha (then in Birmingham Museum). Publications: Description of Buddhist remains Discovered at Sooltangunge, on the River Ganges, 1862–63. L. 1864 (9 photos and 11 p. text…
HARRIS, Charles. Albion, Illinois 19.11.1859 — Cleveland 2.9.1943. U.S. Germanist, also Student of Indology. Son of George Harris (1829–1916) and Catherine Smith. In 1875-79 studies at University of Indiana (A.B. 1879) and from 1881 at Leipzig (under Windisch). Ph.D. 1884 Leipzig. Worked as teacher, 1888-93 Professor of German at Oberlin…
HARRINGTON, John Peabody. Waltham, MA 29.4.1884 — San Diego, CAL 21.10.1961. U.S. Linguist and Anthropologist. Son of Elliot Augustus Harrington (1850–1936) and Mary Lidia Peabody. Moved to California as child. Studied anthropology and classics, then also IE, at Stanford (A.B. 1905), Berkeley, Leipzig and Berlin, without completing his Ph.D. In…
HARPER, William Rainey. New Concord, Ohio 24.7.1856 — Chicago 10.1.1906. U.S. Linguist. Born in an Irish-Scottish family, son of Samuel Harper (1823–1905) and Elizabeth Rainey. A child prodigy who learned many languages, Greek, Latin, Semitic, etc. Studies at Muskingum College (graduated when 14) and Yale (Ph.D. when 18). In Sanskrit…