HEDSTRÖM, Oskar Fritiof (Frithiof). Tingstäde, Gotland 10.7.1846 — Stockholm 4.3.1925. Swedish Schoolteacher and Student of Philology. Son of Captain Claës Hedström (1794–1870) and Emilia Charlotta Grubb. Matriculated 1865, from 1867 studies at Uppsala. Kand.fil. 1875, Ph.D. 1875 Uppsala. From 1876 kollega (teacher) in Köping, from 1886 adjunkt (teacher) in Sundsvall…
HEDIN, Sven Anders. Stockholm 19.2.1865 — Stockholm 26.11.1952. Swedish Explorer and Central Asian Scholar. Made several journeys of exploration to Iran, Central Asia and Tibet. Son of Stadsarchitekt Abraham Ludvig Hedin (1826–1917) and Anna Sofia Carolina Berlin (1838–1925). Matriculated 1885 from Stockholm. In 1886-88 studied geology at Stockholm and Uppsala…
HECQUET, Émile. Karikal 23.10.1832 — 7.7.1897. French Colonial Officer in South India. Son of Émile Hecquet and Adélaïde Baude de Bunnetat. He served as Mayor of Pondichéry and was made chévalier de Légion d’honneur in 1880. In 1878 he was supposed soon to become a Professor of Tamil in Lyon.…
HEBER, Reginald. Malpas, Cheshire 21.4.1783 — Trichinopoly (Tiruchirappalli) 3.4.1826. Right Rev. British Bishop and Traveller in India. Son of Rev. Reginald Heber (d. 1804) and Mary Allanson. Educated at Whitchurch and Bristow’s, from 1800 studies at Brasenose College, Oxford (M.A.). As student he was noted of his poetry. Fellow of…
HEARN, Gordon Risley. Madras 7.9.1871 — Brighton, Sussex 7.6.1953. Sir. British Colonial Officer (Engineer) in India. Colonel. Son of Charles Shuckburgh Hearn (1829–1884) and Margaret Miller Megoun (1844–1932) Educated at Winchester College, Woolwich Military Academy and School of Military Engineering. From 1890 served in Royal Engineers in India, for 30…
HAWKINS, William (Hawkyns). 15?? — autumn 1613. British Traveller. Of unknown origin, probably not the same as W. Hawkins, the nephew of Sir John Hawkins, who in 1582 sailed to the east under Edward Fenton (but only reached Brazil). Our W. Hawkins had been in the East before as he…
HAVERS, Wilhelm Maria Hubert. Aachen 5.1.1879 — Vienna 2.3.1961. German IE Linguist in Austria. Son of school-teacher Johann Josef Havers (1849–1928) and Maria Agnes Spiertz (1851–1879). After school in Aachen, from 1899 studies of classical, Germanic and comparative philology at Tübingen, Leipzig and Berlin. Ph.D. 1905. PD 1909 Strassburg, 1913…
(IMBAULT-)HUART, Marie Clément. Paris 15.2.1854 — Paris 30.12.1926. French Oriental Scholar. Son of an advocate. Started Arabic in the age of 14, then studied at É.P.H.É. and É.L.O.V. After a period (1875-78) as interpreter student in French consulate in Damascus he served nearly 20 years in Constantinople, in the end…
HAY, John. Stuartfield near Aberdeen 23.4.1812 — Madras 28.10.1891. Rev. British (Scottish) Missionary in India. Son of Patrick Hay, educated at Aberdeen University, M.A. 1833. Ordained priest 1839. “In 1839 joined the Madras Mission of the L[ondon] M[issionary] S[ociety], and the staff of the British and Foreign Bible Society about…
HAVELOCK, Henry. Bishopwearmouth (Sunderland), Durham 5.4.1795 — Dilkusha, Lucknow 25.11.1857. Sir. British Colonial Officer in India. Major-General. Son of William Havelock (1757–1837), a wealthy shipbuilder, and Jane Carter (1769–1811). “Educated at Swanscombe and the Charterhouse; entered the Middle Temple for the bar, but in 1815 went into the Army, studied…