HENCKEN, Hugh O’Neill. New York City 8.1.1902 — Cape Cod 31.8.1981.U.S. Archaeologist. Born to an Irish American family, son of Albert Charles Hencken and Mary Creighton Hencken. Studies at Princeton and Cambridge. Ph.D. 1929 Cambridge, in Archaeology. From 1932 to his retirement in 1972 Curator of European archaeology at the Peabody…
HELVERT, Lucas Frans van. Dinther, North Brabant 5.5.1910 — Veghel, North Brabant 29.10.1999. Father. Dutch Catholic (Premonstratensian) missionary in India. Publications: “Burial Rites of the Gonds”, Anthropos 45, 1950, 209-222. Sources: Stray notes in Internet – no further details found.
HELLER, Louis George. New York City 1927 — 1997. U.S. Linguist. The only son of Benjamin H. and Helen Edith Morse. Ph.D. Professor at the College of the City of New York. Married Alice, two daughters and two sons. Publications: Wrote on English, general linguistics (e.g. Parametric Linguistics. 78 p.…
HAY, Stephen N. Philadelphia 4.10.1925 — Santa Barbara 25.3.2001. U.S. Historian. Educated at Deep Springs and Haverford Colleges, 1942-1944. In 1944-46 army service. Then studies at London School of Economics, 1946-47, and Harvard. B.A. 1951 Swarthmore College, M.A. 1953 Harvard, Ph.D. 1957 Harvard. In 1956-64 Instructor to Assistant Professor of…
HAVET, Pierre Antoine Louis. Paris 6.1.1849 — Paris 26.1.1925. French Philologist and Linguist, mainly of Latin, but also IE (including Sanskrit). Professor in Paris. Son of Ernest Havet (1813–1889), Professor of Latin, and Louise Bourdon. Studies in Paris (É.P.H.É.). Ph.D. 1880 Paris. In 1885-1925 Professor of Latin Philology at Collège de…
HAUGHTON, Henry Lawrence. 1.11.1883 — 22.3.1955. British Colonial Officer in India. Major General. Son of Colonel John H., educated at Winchester and Sandhurst. In 1902 joined Wiltshire Regiment, 1903 to India, 1904 transferred to Indian Army. Captain 1911. In WW I served in Mesopotamia. In 1921 returned to England, from…
HATCH, William John. Bere Alston, West Devon 1872 — 19??. British Missionary in South India. Son of Stephen Hatch and Elizabeth Williams. Served London Missionary Society in Coimbatore and Salem, 1899-1936. Married, children. Publications: The Land Pirates of India. An account of the Kuravers, a remarkable tribe of hereditary criminals, their…
HARWARD, John Henry. Wirksworth, Derbyshire 27.5.1858 — Warwick, Queensland, Australia 30.9.1932. British Teacher in Sri Lanka. Educated in Durham, in 1878-81 studies at Oxford (University College, M.A.). In 1882-91 taught classics at Brighton College. In 1892-1902 Director of Royal College in Colombo, 1898-1915 also Director of Public Instruction. Then retired…
HARTOG, Hans. 19?? — 1995. German Scholar of Religion. Started studies at Munich (Wüst). Ph.D. 1939 Marburg (Heiler). He was Assistant of Wüst, but eventually left him as Wüst as a Nazi did not appreciate his ideas about sin. Instead, he went to Marburg and turned to theology. Married, son-in-law…
HAPPEL, Julius. 1843 — 1912. German Theologian. Lutheran priest in Bützow, 1884 moved to Heubach. He wrote about religions in order to show the superiority of Christianity. Publications: Die Anlage des Menschen zur Religion, vom gegenwärtigen Standpunkten der Völkerkunde aus. Haarlem 1877; other books on religion. – Die altchinesische Reichsreligion vom Standpunkte…