HÛ, Fernand. 18?? — 1???. French Indologist (in preface he calls French “notre langue” and France “notre pays”). Apparently a student of Féer, whom he thanks. Publications: Translated in French, Le Dhammapada. Avec introduction er notes, par F. Hû. Suivi du Sūtra en 42 articles, du tibétain par L. Féer.…
HROZNÝ, Bedřich (Friedrich Hr.). Lissa (now Lysá nad Labem) 6.5.1879 — Prague 12.12.1952. Czech Orientalist (Assyriologist and Hittite Scholar), attempted at Decipherment of Indus Script. Professor in Prague. Son of Václav Hrozný (d. 1896), a Lutheran priest, and Anna Šimáčková. Educated in Prague and Köln (Kolín), now learnt Hebrew and…
HROMOV, Albert Leonidovič. Novgorod 28.8.1930 — 20.4.1992. Russian Iranian Scholar. Son of a military official. Graduated from Moscow University in 1954. Kand. filol. nauk 1963, Dr. filol. nauk 1970. In 1962-70 Editor of the Tadzhik Academy Journal (Izvestija), also naučnyj sotrudnik of the Academy. Docent 1966, Professor 1972. A specialist…
HOUSEHOLDER, Fred Walter (Jr.). Wichita Falls, Texas 1.2.1918 — Bloomington 4.1.1994. U.S. Linguist. Professor in Bloomington. Son of Fred W. Householder, Sr. (1884–1950) and Myrtle Brian Smith, grew up in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Studies at University of Vermont (A.B. 1932) and Columbia University (A.M. 1934, Ph.D. 1941, diss. on…
HOUGHTON, Herbert Pierrepont. Brooklyn, NY 22.1.1880 — Wellesley Hills, MA 11.5.1964. Rev. U.S. Classical Scholar interested in Sanskrit and Linguistics. Son of Joseph Goodhue Houghton (1842–1916) and Sarah Pierrepont Edwards. B.A. 1901 and M.A. 1904 Amherst College. Ph.D. 1907 Johns Hopkins (diss. on Greek), also studied at Princeton. In 1908-15…
HOSTEN, Henri. Ramskapelle, West Flanders 26.3.1873 — Brussels 16.4.1935. S.J. Father. Belgian Missionary Scholar in India. After studies in Turnhout joined 1891 the Jesuit Order. Suspected of consumption he was in 1893 sent to Kandy to die there, but recovered quickly and started Latin teacher’s work in Ceylon. In 1900…
HORSCH, Paul. Oberegg, Canton Appenzell 9.9.1925 — Mahabalipuram, India 27.12.1971. Swiss Indologist. Professor in Zürich. Son of Otto Horsch, a chemist, educated 1932-42 at local school, 1941-43 at Appenzell Gymnasium and 1943-46 at Cantonal School in Zug. Studies of Indology, history of religion and philosophy at Fribourg (under Regamey) and…
HORRWITZ, Ernest Philip. 1866 (or 1886?) — 1928?. U.S. (or British) Indologist. According to his own statement, he was Sanskrit Instructor at the City of New York College, sometime Sanskrit Professor at Dublin University, and Lecturer on Comparative Philology at the Universities of Bombay and Rangoon, then Government of Bombay…
HOROVITZ, Josef (Chajim). Lauenburg, Pommern (Lębork in Poland) 26.7.1874 — Frankfurt 5.2.1931. German Oriental (Arabic) Scholar. Born in a Jewish family, son of the orthodox Rabbi and historian Marcus Horovitz (1844–1910, originally from Hungary) and Auguste Ettlinger, brother of the Rabbi and philologist Jacob Horovitz (1873–1939). Educated in Frankfurt a.M.…
HORNER, Isaline Blew. Walthamstow, Essex 30.3.1896 — London 25.4.1981. British Bauddha and Buddhologist. Born in a place now belonging to Greater London, educated in Surrey. In 1914-17 studies of Moral Sciences at Cambridge (Newnham College, B.A. 1917). From 1918 Assistant Librarian at Newnham College. In 1921 visited Ceylon for the…