HERTZ, Henry Felix. 14.5.1863 — Burma 6.11.1932. British Civil Servant in Burma. Son of Viggo Hertz (1827–1886) and Annie Fairweather (d. 1876), grandson of Bishop Jens Michael Hertz (1766–1825) of Ribe, Denmark. Apparently born in Burma, where his father had come as a young man. “Educated at St. Xavier’s College…
HERTEL, Johannes. Zwickau 13.3.1872 — Leipzig 27.10.1955. German Indologist. Professor in Leipzig. Son of Franz Hertel and his wife Adolfine. From 1891 Studies at Leipzig, of classics, German, English, French, and Indology (under Windisch). Ph.D. 1897 Leipzig. Taught modern languages as Oberlehrer at Realgymnasium in Zwickau and Döbeln. From 1919…
HERRMANN, Albert Ludwig. Hannover 20.1.1886 — Pilsen (Plzeň in Czech) 19.4.1945. German Scholar of Historical Geography. Son of school director Konrad Herrmann (1844–1910) and Bertha Engelnord. After school in Lingen/Ems studied from 1904 at Berlin and Göttingen. Ph.D. Göttingen 1910 (under H. Wagner). Worked as school-teacher until 1933. From 1923…
HÉROLD, André-Jules-Ferdinand. Paris 24.2.1865 — Lapras (St.Basile, Ardèche) 23.10.1940. French Poet interested in Sanskrit. Son of the lawyer and politician Ferdinand Hérold (1828–1882) and Laure Louvain-Pescheloche, grandson of the composer Ferdinand Hérold (1791–1833). Studies at École de chartes, but moved to É.P.H.É. Licensié-ès-lettres. Lived in Paris. He was a “poète…
HEROLD, Erich. Prague 3.1.1928 — Prague 7.12.1988. Czechoslovakian Ethnologist and Indologist. Museum Director in Prague. From 1947 studies of Indology at Prague (under Friš and Lesný), Ph.D. there in 1952/53. In 1957 visited India. He became director of Náprstek Museum, worked there in 1959-70 and now turned to folk art. From 1971…
HERMANNS, Matthias. Köln-Niehl 31.5.1899 — St.Augustin bei Bonn 5.1.1972. Father, S.V.D. German Missionary, Ethnologist and Tibetan Scholar. Roman Catholic priest. Educated in a Catholic gymnasium in 1914-17 and 1919-21 in the Netherlands, in 1917-18 trained as a pilot in Lübeck. Entered then the Society of Divine Word (S.V.D.) and studied…
HERMANN, Eduard. Coburg 19.12.1869 — Göttingen 14.2.1950. German IE scholar. Professor in Göttingen. Son of Ernst Hermann (1828–1894), a Rentkommissar, and Augusta Marie Conrad. Studied classical philology and IE linguistics at Jena, Freiburg and Leipzig. Ph.D. 1894 Jena, under Delbrück. Teacher in Coburg, from 1903 in Bergedorf near Hamburg. From…
HERBIG, Gustav. Kaiserslautern 3.6.1868 — Munich 1.10.1925. German IE Linguist and Etruscologist. Professor in Rostock and Munich. Son of Johann Heinrich Herbig (1839–1892), a tradesman, and Johanna Gelbert. School in Munich, studies at Munich and Leipzig, Ph.D. 1895 Munich. From 1893 employed in Bavarian libraries, in 1899-1913 Librarian (Bibliothekar) in…
HERBERT, Jean Daniel Fernand. Paris 27.6.1897 — Geneva 21.8.1980. French Scholar of Religion. Son of a Catholic father (a teacher of English) and Protestant mother. Between world wars worked in various international organizations, in 1930 became interested in Buddhism. Travelled 1933 in India (met Aurobindo) and China. During the war…
HERBERICH, Gustav. 18?? — 1???. German Teacher and Former Student of Indology. A student of Jolly at Würzburg, Ph.D. there 1893. He was then Realschulassistent in Neuburg, later perhaps in Munich. The Washington Post 12.2. 1911, p. 59 tells that “Frau Paula Herberich is being tried in Nuernberg for killing…