HRKAL, Eduard. 18?? — Vienna 11.8.1948. Czech Linguist. Called Professor (1939), probably at the gymnasium of Mariańské Lázně. Active as early as 1895 and 1910 (articles about the French dialect of Picardie). He suggested that Etruscan belongs to the “Turanian division of Ural-Altaic” and gave apparently invented Turkic etymologies for…
HOWORTH, Henry Hoyle. Lisbon 1.7.1842 — London 15.7.1923. Sir. British Barrister, Conservative Politician and amateur Historian and Geologist. Son of Henry H. (1817–1850), a British merchant residing in Portugal, and Elizabeth Beswick, educated at Rossall School in Lancashire. Studied law, called to the bar 1867 (Middle Temple), practised as lawyer…
HOWELL, William. Madras (?) 1.11.1790 (1789?) — Madras c. 1867. Rev. Missionary. Son of the elder William Howell (d. 1803), a soldier who had arrived in India in 1789, and his wife (died perhaps in 1793). Educated in Madras. When 14 apprenticed as Assistant Surveyor in Madras Survey under Major…
HOUGH, William. 1789 — London 3.1.1865. British Colonial Officer in India. Came there in 1805, participated in Nepal War (1814-16), Third Maratha War (1817-18) and First Afghan War (1839-42), and was an authority on military law. Major (1838/45) and Deputy Judge Advocat General of Bengal Army, retired before 1853 as…
HORNE, Eric Arthur. Clevendon, Somerset 29.11.1883 — Aligarh 7.6.1930. British Teacher in India. Educated at Mill Hill School, studies of history and economics at St.Andrews. After some years’ work in labour department of the Board of Trade in Southampton, from 1911 Professor Economics at, then Principal of Patna College of…
HOPE, Theodore Cracraft. London 9.12.1831 — London 4.7.1915. Sir. British Civil Servant in India. The only child of James Hope (1801–1841), a noted physician, and Anne Fulton (1809–1887), an author (historian). Educated privately and at Rugby and Haileybury. In 1853 joined Bombay Civil Service. Worked in Gujarat, especially in Ahmedabad…
HOOPER, John Stirling Morley. Stirling, Scotland 12.4.1882 — Stratford-upon-Avon 2.5.1974. Rev. British Wesleyan Missionary in India. Son of John Henry Hooper. Studies at Oxford (Corpus Christi College, B.A. & M.A.). Came to India in 1905 and worked as missionary priest in Madras. From 1930 Headmaster of Wesley Higher Secondary School in Madras.…
HOMBURGER, Lilias. U.K. 1880 — 1969. Mlle. French Linguist, with mixed German-English-French background. Began her career as missionary. Studied linguistics (Meillet), Dravidian and African languages. As directeur d’études taught African linguistics at É.P.H.É. L. S. Senghor was among her students there. Also taught Peul and Mandingo at É.L.O.V. She proposed…
HOLROYD, William Rice Morland. Wimbledon, London 28.10.1835 — Lyndhurst, Hampshire 3.9.1913. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of lawyer Edward Holroyd (1794–1881) and Caroline Pugsley. From 1854 served in Bengal Army, long time in the Punjab in educational offices. Colonel from 1883. Dr. of Oriental Learning 1890 Lahore. Married 1866…
HOLLINGS, William Charles. Calcutta 27.3.1810 — near Cawnpore (Kanpur) 1857. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of merchant William Charles Hollings (1770–1815), lost early his father and was sent to London for education (his mother Sophia née Gail followed 1817). Cadet of E.I.C. 1826 and left for Calcutta. Learned quickly…