HAHN, Karl Heinrich Philipp Ferdinand. Ketzin bei Berlin 25.2.1846 (1845?) — Himalaya 3.5.1910. Rev. German Missionary in India. Son of a shoemaker, learned cobbler’s work as a child, but also went to elementary school. When 14, he made an unsuccesful attempt to emigrate to America, but then became interested in…
HAHN, Emma Adelaide. New York 1.4.1893 — New York 8.7.1967. U.S. Classical and IE Scholar. Daughter of Otto Hahn, an Austrian immigrant, and Eleonore Funk. Educated at home by her mother, then studied mathematics, soon Latin, Greek and French at Hunter College in New York (A.B. 1915) and Columbia University…
HAHLWEG, Klaus. 1921 — 1995. German Buddhist Scholar. During the war student of von Glasenapp at Königsberg. Ph.D. Munich 1954 (under H. Hoffmann). In the early 1980s living in Munich, still interested in Buddhism and Thai. Also knew Tibetan. Publications: Diss. Das Mahāgovinda-Sūtra. Eine vergleichende Analyse der indischen und chinesischen…
HAGREN, Klas. Uddevalla 12.2.1953 — Uppsala 26.8.2000. Swedish Indologist. Matriculated from Uddevalla 1973. Studies of Indology at Stockholm and Uppsala. In 1988-2000 universitetsadjunkt teaching Sanskrit, Pāli, Hindī and Tamil at Uppsala. At the time of his “sudden and tragic death” his Ph.D. was still not completed. Himself a Buddhist. Publications:…
HAGEMANN, Gottfried Ernst. Hannover 17?? — Rome ?.3.1809. German pioneer of Indology. In Paris lived as a lodger in the house of Fr. Schlegel and together with his landlord became a student of A. Hamilton. Also learned Persian. He was fascinated with Sanskrit and longed to go to India. In…
HAEKEL, Joseph. Vienna 17.6.1907 — Vienna 2.11.1973. Austrian Ethnologist. Son of a court official. From 1931 studied ethnology at Vienna. Ph.D. 1935 Vienna, then Assistant of Koppers. PD 1941 Vienna, soon to army. Ao. Professor from 1950. After war continued Amerindian studies, but in the late 1950s turned to South…
HAEBERLIN (Häberlen), Johannes. Tuttlingen, Württemberg 19.8.1808 — Hooghly near Calcutta 12.11.1849. German Missionary and Indologist, in India 1832-37 and 1839-49. Son of Joh. Konrad Haeberlin, a shoemaker, and Regina Ruoff. Learned his father’s craft and worked as shoemaker from 1826, but was since childhood interested in missionary work and studied…
HADLEY, James. Fairfield, NY 30.3.1821 — New Haven, CT 14.11.1872. U.S. Classical (Greek) Scholar also interested in Sanskrit and IE. Professor in New Haven. Son of James Hadley, Professor of Chemistry, and Maria Hamilton, educated in Fairfield and at Yale (B.A. 1842). In 1843-44 studies at Yale Divinity School. In…
HADLEY, George. 174? — London 10.9.1798. British Colonial Officer in India, Author of the first Hindūstānī Grammar in English. He joined the E.I.C.’s Bengal Army as a cadet in 1763, Lieutenant 1764, Captain 1766, retired 1771. In order to understand the sepoys, he compiled a Hindūstānī grammar and an English–…
HACKMANN, Heinrich Friedrich. Gaste near Osnabrück 31.8.1864 (1865?) — Hildesheim 13.7.1935. German Sinologist, Lutheran Theologian and Scholar of Comparative Religion in the Netherlands. Professor in Amsterdam. Son of Ernst Hackmann, a village teacher, and Clara Koch, lost early his father. From 1883 studies of theology at Leipzig and Göttingen, Lic.…